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ψηφίς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψηφίς ψηφῖδος

Structure: ψηφιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: yh=fos의 지소사

Sense

  1. a small pebble
  2. a pebble for reckoning

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ψηφίς ψηφίδε ψηφίδες
Genitive ψηφίδος ψηφίδοιν ψηφίδων
Dative ψηφίδι ψηφίδοιν ψηφίσιν*
Accusative ψηφίδα ψηφίδε ψηφίδας
Vocative ψηφί ψηφίδε ψηφίδες

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

  • τὰ δὲ ἀνθρώπων καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα τὸ πρόθυμον ἡ πεπρωμένη κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἐπικρύπτει καὶ εἰ ψηφῖδα ἐπιλαβοῦσα ἰλὺσ ποταμοῦ, ὅπου καὶ τότε Ἀριστοδήμῳ διασώσασθαι Μεσσήνην ἀγώνισμα ποιουμένῳ τὸ ἐμπόδιον ἐπήγαγε τοιόνδε. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 9 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. a small pebble

  2. a pebble for reckoning

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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