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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

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

  • οὐ παρέργωσ οὖν οὐδὲ ἀμελῶσ ἐπήκουον αὐτῶν καθάπερ ναυαγίαν τινὰ καὶ σωτηρίαν αὐτῶν παράλογον διηγουμένων, οἱοῖ̀ εἰσιν οἱ πρὸσ τοῖσ ἱεροῖσ ἐξυρημένοι τὰσ κεφαλὰσ συνάμα πολλοὶ τὰσ τρικυμίασ καὶ ζάλασ καὶ ἀκρωτήρια καὶ ἐκβολὰσ καὶ ἱστοῦ κλάσεισ καὶ πηδαλίων ἀποκαυλίσεισ διεξιόντεσ, ἐπὶ πᾶσι δὲ τοὺσ Διοσκούρουσ ἐπιφαινομένουσ, ‐ οἰκεῖοι γὰρ τῆσ τοιαύτησ τραγῳδίασ οὗτοί γε ‐ ἢ τιν’ ἄλλον ἐκ μηχανῆσ θεὸν ἐπὶ τῷ καρχησίῳ καθεζόμενον ἢ πρὸσ τοῖσ πηδαλίοισ ἑστῶτα καὶ πρόσ τινα ᾐόνα μαλακὴν ἀπευθύνοντα τὴν ναῦν, οἷ προσενεχθεῖσα ἔμελλεν αὐτὴ μὲν ἠρέμα καὶ κατὰ σχολὴν διαλυθήσεσθαι, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἀσφαλῶσ ἀποβήσεσθαι χάριτι καὶ εὐμενείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 1:7)

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

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