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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

  • ὅτι δὲ ἐκεχώριστο τὰ τῆσ ὑπουργίασ, πεμμάτων μὲν προνοουσῶν τῶν δημιουργῶν, ὀψαρτυτικῆσ δὲ τῶν μαγείρων, Ἀντιφάνησ διεσάφησεν ἐν Χρυσίδι οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 72 2:1)
  • Ἀντιφάνησ Χρυσίδι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 102 2:6)
  • χρυσίδι σπένδων γέγωνε τοῖσ ὄφεσι πιεῖν διδούσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 105 1:3)
  • Δημήτριοσ δέ, τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν αὐτῷ προσῆκον, εἰ δἰ ἄλλο μηδέν, ὥσ γε πρεσβυτέραν ἀδελφὴν αἰσχύνεσθαι ̔τοῦτο γὰρ ἐβούλετο λέγεσθαἰ, τοσαύτην ὕβριν εἰσ παῖδασ ἐλευθέρουσ καὶ γυναῖκασ ἀστὰσ κατεσκέδασε τῆσ ἀκροπόλεωσ ὥστε δοκεῖν τότε μάλιστα καθαρεύειν τὸν τόπον, ὅτε Χρυσίδι καὶ Λαμίᾳ καὶ Δημοῖ καὶ Ἀντικύρᾳ, ταῖσ πόρναισ ἐκείναισ, συνακολασταίνοι. (Plutarch, Demetrius, chapter 24 1:1)
  • Χρυσίδι μὲν μήλων πέμπτον πόρε, τέτρατον Ἡροῖ, ἐννεακαιδέκατον Ψαμάθῃ, δέκατον Κλεοπάτρῃ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 1182)

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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