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ψηφίς?

Third declension Noun; Transliteration: psēphis

Principal Part: ψηφίς ψηφῖδος

Structure: ψηφιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ψῆφος의 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 ψηφίσι(ν)
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

  • τὸ χρυσίον μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲν τιμιώτερον τῶν ἐν τοῖς αἰγιαλοῖς ψηφίδων μοι δοκεῖ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 55:3)
  • ταθείσης δὲ τῆς παρατελευταίας ἐτάθη καὶ τὸ τέλος, καὶ ὁμοίως λέγεται τῷ ψηφὶς καὶ κρηπίς. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 67 1:3)
  • ἀπὸ γὰρ θερινῆς δύσεως καὶ ἄρκτου πνεῖν εἰώθασιν ἄνεμοι τηλικαύτην ἔχοντες σφοδρότητα καὶ δύναμιν, ὥστε ἀναρπάζειν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς λίθους χειροπληθιαίους τοῖς μεγέθεσι καὶ τῶν ψηφίδων ἁδρομερῆ κονιορτόν: (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 26 1:2)

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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