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ψαλίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψαλίς ψαλίδος

Structure: ψαλιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. a pair of scissors
  2. a building with a pointed stone roof, a vault

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ψαλίς ψαλίδε ψαλίδες
Genitive ψαλίδος ψαλίδοιν ψαλίδων
Dative ψαλίδι ψαλίδοιν ψαλίσιν*
Accusative ψαλίδα ψαλίδε ψαλίδας
Vocative ψαλί ψαλίδε ψαλίδες

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

  • τῇ γὰρ σωφροσύνῃ τεθεωρημένῃ ὑπαρχούσῃ συμβαίνει ἀκολουθεῖν καὶ παρεκτείνεσθαι τὴν ὑγίειαν, καθάπερ τῇ ψαλίδοσ οἰκοδομίᾳ τὴν ἰσχὺν ἐπιγίνεσθαι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 90:6)
  • τῆσ δὲ διώρυχοσ ὑπῆρχον οἱ μὲν τοῖχοι τὸ πλάτοσ ἐπὶ πλίνθουσ εἴκοσι, τὸ δ’ ὕψοσ χωρὶσ τῆσ καμφθείσησ ψαλίδοσ ποδῶν δώδεκα, τὸ δὲ πλάτοσ ποδῶν πεντεκαίδεκα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 9 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. a pair of scissors

  2. a building with a pointed stone roof

    • θόλος (a round building with a conical roof, a vaulted chamber)

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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