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ψῆγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψῆγμα

Structure: ψηγματ (Stem)

Etym.: yh/xw

Sense

  1. that which is rubbed or scraped off, shavings, scrapings, chips, gold dust

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ψῆγμα ψήγματε ψήγματα
Genitive ψήγματος ψηγμάτοιν ψηγμάτων
Dative ψήγματι ψηγμάτοιν ψήγμασιν*
Accusative ψῆγμα ψήγματε ψήγματα
Vocative ψῆγμα ψήγματε ψήγματα

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

  • πάντωσ γὰρ δήπου τοῦτο σμικρότατόν ἐστιν ὅλου τοῦ ψήγματοσ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1433)
  • τοὺσ γὰρ πολλοὺσ οὐ μόνον τὸν κόλπον ἐμπλήσαντασ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ τοῦ ψήγματοσ ἐκφέρειν καὶ τῷ στόματι, καὶ μόλισ πορεύεσθαι πάνυ γελοίουσ καὶ διεστραμμένουσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 38:3)
  • τὸν δὲ χρυσὸν εὑρίσκοντεσ ἐν τοῖσ φυσικοῖσ ὑπονόμοισ τῆσ γῆσ συνάγουσι πολύν, οὐ τὸν ἐκ τοῦ ψήγματοσ συντηκόμενον, ἀλλὰ τὸν αὐτοφυῆ καὶ καλούμενον ἀπὸ τοῦ συμβεβηκότοσ ἄπυρον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 45 7:1)
  • ἡ γὰρ τῶν ποταμῶν ῥύσισ σκολιοὺσ τοὺσ ἀγκῶνασ ἔχουσα, τοῖσ τῶν παρακειμένων ὀρῶν ὄχθοισ προσαράττουσα καὶ μεγάλουσ ἀπορρηγνῦσα κολωνούσ, πληροῖ χρυσοῦ ψήγματοσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 27 1:2)
  • πᾶσα γὰρ ἡ βῶλόσ ἐστι ψήγματοσ συμπεπηγότοσ καὶ ἀπολάμποντοσ μεστή. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 36 2:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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