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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

  • Οἶδα οὐκ ἄμορφον, ὦ Ἀλφειέ, τὴν Ἀρέθουσαν, ἀλλὰ διαυγήσ τέ ἐστι καὶ διὰ καθαροῦ ἀναβλύζει καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπιπρέπει ταῖσ ψηφίσιν ὅλον ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν φαινόμενον ἀργυροειδέσ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, poseidon and alpheios, chapter 21)
  • Στοιχάδασ αὖτε λιπόντεσ ἐσ Αἰθαλίην ἐπέρησαν νῆσον, ἵνα ψηφῖσιν ἀπωμόρξαντο καμόντεσ ἱδρῶ ἅλισ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 11:17)
  • καὶ ὁ μὲν ἐτελεύτησεν ἐν τοῖσ Μεγάροισ αὐτοχειρίᾳ, καί οἱ τάφον αὐτίκα ἔχωσαν καὶ θύουσιν ἀνὰ πᾶν ἔτοσ ψηφῖσιν ἐν τῇ θυσίᾳ ἀντὶ οὐλῶν χρώμενοι καὶ τὸν ἔποπα τὸν ὄρνιθα ἐνταῦθα φανῆναι πρῶτον λέγουσιν· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 41 15:1)

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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