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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

  • 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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