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Αἴγυπτος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 고유 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Αἴγυπτος

Structure: Αἰγυπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. the river Nile
  2. Egypt

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Αἴγυπτος Αἰγύπτω Αί̓γυπτοι
Genitive Αἰγύπτου Αἰγύπτοιν Αἰγύπτων
Dative Αἰγύπτῳ Αἰγύπτοιν Αἰγύπτοις
Accusative Αί̓γυπτον Αἰγύπτω Αἰγύπτους
Vocative Αί̓γυπτε Αἰγύπτω Αί̓γυπτοι

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 ἐγένετο λιμὸσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ κατέβη Ἅβραμ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον παροικῆσαι ἐκεῖ, ὅτι ἐνίσχυσεν ὁ λιμὸσ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:10)
  • ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα ἤγγισεν Ἅβραμ εἰσελθεῖν εἰσ Αἴγυπτον, εἶπεν Ἅβραμ Σάρᾳ τῇ γυναικί. γινώσκω ἐγώ, ὅτι γυνὴ εὐπρόσωποσ εἶ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:11)
  • ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα εἰσῆλθεν Ἅβραμ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον, ἰδόντεσ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, ὅτι καλὴ ἦν σφόδρα, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:14)
  • ὤφθη δὲ αὐτῷ Κύριοσ καὶ εἶπε. μὴ καταβῇσ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον. κατοίκησον δὲ ἐν τῇ γῇ, ᾗ ἄν σοι εἴπω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:2)
  • Ἐκάθισαν δὲ φαγεῖν ἄρτον καὶ ἀναβλέψαντεσ τοῖσ ὀφθαλμοῖσ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁδοιπόροι Ἰσμαηλῖται ἤρχοντο ἐκ Γαλαάδ, καὶ αἱ κάμηλοι αὐτῶν ἔγεμαν θυμιαμάτων καὶ ρητίνησ καὶ στακτῆσ. ἐπορεύοντο δὲ καταγαγεῖν εἰσ Αἴγυπτον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 37:25)

Synonyms

  1. the river Nile

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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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