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χρυσίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρυσίς χρυσίδος

Structure: χρυσιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a vessel of gold, piece of gold plate
  2. a gold-broidered dress or shoes

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀφ’ ὧν κτήματ’ ἀθάνατ’ αὐτῷ περίεστιν, τὰ μὲν τῶν ἔργων ἡ μνήμη, τὰ δὲ τῶν ἀναθημάτων τῶν ἐπ’ ἐκείνοισ σταθέντων τὸ κάλλοσ, προπύλαια ταῦτα, ὁ παρθενών, στοαί, νεώσοικοι, οὐκ ἀμφορίσκοι δύο οὐδὲ χρυσίδεσ τέτταρεσ ἢ τρεῖσ, ἄγουσ’ ἑκάστη μνᾶν, ἅσ, ὅταν σοι δοκῇ, σὺ πάλιν γράψεισ καταχωνεύειν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 93:4)
  • ἀφ’ ὧν κτήματ’ ἀθάνατ’ αὐτῷ περίεστιν, τὰ μὲν τῶν ἔργων ἡ μνήμη, τὰ δὲ τῶν ἀναθημάτων τῶν ἐπ’ ἐκείνοισ σταθέντων τὸ κάλλοσ, προπύλαια ταῦτα, ὁ παρθενών, στοαί, νεώσοικοι, οὐκ ἀμφορίσκοι δύο οὐδὲ χρυσίδεσ τέτταρεσ ἢ τρεῖσ, ἄγουσ’ ἑκάστη μνᾶν, ἅσ, ὅταν σοι δοκῇ, πάλιν γράψεισ καταχωνεύειν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 255:4)

Synonyms

  1. a vessel of gold

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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