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ζάλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζάλη

Structure: ζαλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: perh. from ze/w

Sense

  1. the surging, surge, spray, storms, distresses

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ζάλη ζάλᾱ ζάλαι
Genitive ζάλης ζάλαιν ζαλῶν
Dative ζάλῃ ζάλαιν ζάλαις
Accusative ζάλην ζάλᾱ ζάλᾱς
Vocative ζάλη ζάλᾱ ζάλαι

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

  • εἰσ πολλὴν καὶ ἀμήχανον ἐκπεσόντασ ὑπὸ τῆσ πρώτησ γενέσεωσ ἀπορίαν ἔτι μὲν οὐρανὸν ἔκρυπτεν ἀήρ, καὶ ἄστρα θολερῷ καὶ δυσδιαστατοῦντι πεφυρμένα ὑγρῷ καὶ πυρὶ καὶ ζάλαισ ἀνέμων οὔπω δ’ ἥλιοσ ἵδρυτο ἀπλανῆ καὶ βέβαιον ἔχων δρόμον ἠὼ καὶ δύσιν ἔκρινεν, περὶ δ’ ἢγαγεν αὖθισ ὀπίσσω καρποφόροισιν ἐπιστέψασ κάλυκοσ στεφάνοισιν ὡρ́ασ· (Plutarch, De esu carnium I, chapter, section 2 4:1)
  • ἐξελέγχει κατὰ κράτοσ τοὺσ φάσκοντασ ἔκ τινοσ, ἀκρωρείασ ἀποκοπεῖσαν πνεύμασι καὶ ζάλαισ πέτραν, ὑποληφθεῖσαν δ’ ὥσπερ οἱ στρόβιλοι, καὶ φερομένην, ᾗ πρῶτον ἐνέδωκε καὶ διελύθη τὸ περιδινῆσαν, ἐκριφῆναι καὶ πεσεῖν. (Plutarch, , chapter 12 6:1)
  • πολλὰ δ’ ἀνθρώποισ παρὰ γνώμαν ἔπεσεν, ἔμπαλιν μὲν τέρψιοσ, οἱ δ’ ἀνιαραῖσ ἀντικύρσαντεσ ζάλαισ ἐσλὸν βαθὺ πήματοσ ἐν μικρῷ πεδάμειψαν χρόνῳ. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 12 3:3)

Similar forms

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

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