See ἐσσήν on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "essēneúō",
"word": "ἐσσηνεύω"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"dative",
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]
},
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]
},
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"dative",
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]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "τὸν ἐσσῆνᾰ",
"roman": "tòn essênă",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
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{
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{
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},
{
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}
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"priest of Artemis of Ephesus"
],
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],
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],
[
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],
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"bee"
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/es.sɛ̌ːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/esˈsin/"
},
{
"ipa": "/eˈsin/"
},
{
"ipa": "/es.sɛ̌ːn/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/esˈse̝n/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/esˈsin/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/esˈsin/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/eˈsin/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "ἐσσήν"
}
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"Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"Ancient Greek lemmas",
"Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
"Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
"Ancient Greek nouns",
"Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from Anatolian languages",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
"Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"grc:Insects"
],
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"word": "ἐσσηνεύω"
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"source": "inflection",
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{
"form": "ὁ ἐσσήν",
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"source": "inflection",
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"singular"
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},
{
"form": "ἐσσῆνε",
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"source": "inflection",
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"form": "οἱ ἐσσῆνες",
"roman": "hoi essênes",
"source": "inflection",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τοῦ ἐσσῆνος",
"roman": "toû essênos",
"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"singular"
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},
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"form": "ἐσσήνοιν",
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῷ ἐσσῆνῐ",
"roman": "tôi essênĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "ἐσσήνοιν",
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"dual"
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},
{
"form": "τοῖς ἐσσῆσῐ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ἐσσῆσῐν",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "toîs essêsĭ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "toîs essêsĭn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τὸν ἐσσῆνᾰ",
"roman": "tòn essênă",
"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ἐσσῆνε",
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
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]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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"dual",
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]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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]
}
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"ipa": "/es.sɛ̌ːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/esˈsin/"
},
{
"ipa": "/eˈsin/"
},
{
"ipa": "/es.sɛ̌ːn/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
"ipa": "/esˈse̝n/",
"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
"ipa": "/esˈsin/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/esˈsin/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/eˈsin/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
}
],
"word": "ἐσσήν"
}
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