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ψύλλα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψύλλα ψύλλης

Structure: ψυλλ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. flea
  2. type of venomous spider, perhaps a type of widow
  3. type of crop-eating insect

Declension

First 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

  • καὶ ἀπὸ Κρηνίδων ἐσ Ψύλλαν ἐμπόριον τριάκοντα. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 13 8:1)
  • καὶ μίαν ταύτην προαίρεσιν ἐπεποίητο ἐκείνουσ ἐπισκώπτειν καὶ τὴν Διονυσιακὴν ἐλευθερίαν καταχεῖν αὐτῶν, ἄρτι μὲν ἀεροβατοῦντασ δεικνύουσα καὶ νεφέλαισ ξυνόντασ, ἄρτι δὲ ψυλλῶν πηδήματα διαμετροῦντασ, ὡσ δῆθεν τὰ ἀέρια λεπτολογουμένουσ. (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 16:1)
  • φθειρῶν τ’ ἀριθμὸν καὶ κωνώπων καὶ ψυλλῶν οὐδὲ λέγω σοι ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθουσ, αἳ βομβοῦσαι περὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀνιῶσιν, ἐπεγείρουσαι καὶ φράζουσαι, πεινήσεισ, ἀλλ’ ἐπανίστω. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, epirrheme 1:3)
  • ἀνήρετ’ ἄρτι Χαιρεφῶντα Σωκράτησ ψύλλαν ὁπόσουσ ἅλλοιτο τοὺσ αὑτῆσ πόδασ· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 5:13)
  • κηρὸν διατήξασ, εἶτα τὴν ψύλλαν λαβὼν ἐνέβαψεν ἐσ τὸν κηρὸν αὐτῆσ τὼ πόδε, κᾆτα ψυχείσῃ περιέφυσαν Περσικαί. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 5:17)
  • ἀλλ’ εἰπέ μοι πόσουσ ψύλλα πόδασ ἐμοῦ ἀπέχει. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 6 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. flea

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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