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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

  • εἶτα ὤκνουν ὁ κακοδαίμων κἂν ὀλίγα τῶν ψηγμάτων ἥκειν ἐσ τόνδε τὸν βίον ἐξ ἐκείνου ἐπισιτισάμενοσ; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 16:8)
  • ναί, φησί, σμικρὰ γὰρ αὐτὰ χρὴ πάνυ νοεῖν, ὥστε τῶν ἐμφερομένων τῷ ἀέρι ψηγμάτων τούτων δὴ τῶν σμικροτάτων ἐκείνων ἔνια μυριοστὸν εἶναι μέροσ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1430)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἕκαστον αὐτῶν μυριοστόν ἐστι μέροσ τῶν ἐν τῷ ἀέρι φερομένων ψηγμάτων, πηλίκον χρὴ νοῆσαι τὸ πέρασ αὐτῶν τὸ ἀγκιστροειδέσ, ᾧ περιπλέκεται πρὸσ ἄλληλα; (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1432)
  • ὃν γὰρ ἡμεῖσ ἕλκοντεσ τοῖσ δακτύλοισ οὐκ ἀνηγάγομεν σκόλοπα, τοῦτον ὑπὸ τῶν σμικρῶν ἐκείνων ἀνέλκεσθαι ψηγμάτων, πῶσ οὐ παντάπασιν ἄτοπον εἶναι χρὴ νομίζειν; (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1472)
  • καθάπερ γὰρ ἐκ τῶν ψηγμάτων λεγομένων τὸν χρυσὸν συνεστάναι, οὕτωσ ἐκ τῶν ὁμοιομερῶν μικρῶν σωμάτων τὸ πᾶν συγκεκρίσθαι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. g'. ANACAGORAS 3:5)

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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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