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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

  • δύο ψήφουσ κρατοῦσα μήτηρ, θανατηφόρον τε καὶ σωτήριον, ὑπὲρ τέκνων (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 15:26)
  • ὁπόταν δὲ τὰσ ψήφουσ ἀνακηρύττωσι τῶν κριτῶν, τότε ἤδη καὶ αὐτὸσ παρέσομαι ὀψόμενοσ ὁποῖὸν τι τὸ τέλοσ τοῦ ἀγῶνοσ ἔσται. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 29:7)
  • ἐχέτω δὲ καὶ ψήφουσ τινὰσ πυραυγεῖσ οἱο͂σ ὁ Φιλαινίδοσ ἐστίν. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:3)
  • εἰπὼν <δ’> ἀκούσασ θ’ αἵματοσ μητρὸσ πέρι, Φοῖβόσ μ’ ἔσῳσε μαρτυρῶν, ἴσασ δέ μοι ψήφουσ διηρίθμησε Παλλὰσ ὠλένῃ· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 3:2)
  • τάσδε δ’ ἐκπέμπειν χθονὸσ Ἑλληνίδασ γυναῖκασ ἐξεφίεμαι γνώμησ δικαίασ οὕνεκ’ <> ἐκσῴσασα δὲ καὶ πρίν σ’ Ἀρείοισ ἐν πάγοισ ψήφουσ ἴσασ κρίνασ’, Ὀρέστα· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 10:9)

Synonyms

  1. a pebble

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