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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

  • περιμενῶ, κἀπειδάν με ἀκριβῶσ ἴδῃσ, ὡρ́α σοι καὶ τἄλλα ἤδη σκοπεῖν εἰ καλά σοι, τὰ δῶρα τῆσ ψήφου τῆσ ἐμῆσ. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 11:8)
  • στρατοῦ δὲ πλῆθοσ οὐδ’ ἂν ἐν ψήφου λόγῳ θέσθαι δυναίμην, ὡσ ἄπλατον ἦν ἰδεῖν, πολλοὶ μὲν ἱππῆσ, πολλὰ πελταστῶν τέλη, πολλοὶ δ’ ἀτράκτων τοξόται, πολὺσ δ’ ὄχλοσ γυμνὴσ ὁμαρτῇ, Θρῃκίαν ἔχων στολήν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 2:6)
  • εἰ δ’ ἦν παρ’ ὄμμα θάνατοσ ἐν ψήφου φορᾷ, οὐκ ἄν ποθ’ Ἑλλὰσ δοριμανὴσ ἀπώλλυτο. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 3:10)
  • ἀλλ’ ὡσ τάχιστα πρὸσ πόλιν σπεύσωμεν ὦ Φιλοῦργε, ὅπωσ ἄν, αὐταῖσ ἐν κύκλῳ θέντεσ τὰ πρέμνα ταυτί, ὅσαι τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτ’ ἐνεστήσαντο καὶ μετῆλθον, μίαν πυρὰν νήσαντεσ ἐμπρήσωμεν αὐτόχειρεσ πάσασ, ὑπὸ ψήφου μιᾶσ, πρώτην δὲ τὴν Λύκωνοσ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Parodos, strophe 1 1:1)
  • βραχὺ δ’ ἔτι εἰπὼν περὶ τῆσ ψήφου ἧσ ὑμεῖσ μέλλετε φέρειν καταβήσομαι. (Hyperides, Speeches, 40:1)

Synonyms

  1. a pebble

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