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ψῆφος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψῆφος ψήφου

Structure: ψηφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ya/w

Sense

  1. a pebble, a precious stone, gem

Declension

Second declension

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

  • ἴσαι δέ σ’ ἐκσῴζουσι μὴ θανεῖν δίκῃ ψῆφοι τεθεῖσαι· (Euripides, episode, anapests 4:2)
  • ψῆφοι δέ εἰσιν χαλκαῖ, αὐλίσκον ἔχουσαι ἐν τῷ μέσῳ, αἱ μὲν ἡμίσειαι τετρυπημέναι, αἱ δὲ ἡμίσειαι πλήρεισ· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 68 2:1)
  • πάντεσ δ’ ἐπειδὰν ὦσι διεψηφισμένοι, λαβόντεσ οἱ ὑπηρέται τὸν ἀμφορέα τὸν κύριον, ἐξερῶσι ἐπὶ ἄβακα τρυπήματα ἔχοντα ὅσαιπερ εἰσὶν αἱ ψῆφοι, ἵν’ αὗται φανεραὶ προκείμεναι καὶ εὐαρίθμητοι ὦσιν, καὶ τὰ τρυπητὰ καὶ τὰ πλήρη δῆλα τοῖσ ἀντιδίκοισ. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 69 1:1)
  • "καὶ γὰρ σύ, φησί, σαυτὸν ἔδωκασ οὗ ψῆφοι εἰσίν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 48 1:1)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ ψηφισάμενοι οὐ πλείουσ ἢ τριάκοντ’ ἦσαν, αἱ δὲ ψῆφοι ἠριθμήθησαν πλείουσ ἢ ἑξήκοντα, ὥστε πάντασ ἡμᾶσ ἐκπλαγῆναι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 15:5)

Synonyms

  1. a pebble

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