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Ἄτλας

Third declension Noun; Masculine 고유 그리스 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἄτλας

Structure: Ἀτλαντ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a euphon. , tla/s, v. Talaw

Sense

  1. Atlas
  2. Mount Atlas, the pillar of heaven

Declension

Third declension
Singular
Nominative Ἄτλας
Genitive Ά̓τλαντος
Dative Ά̓τλαντι
Accusative Ά̓τλαντα
Vocative Ά̓τλαν

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 θαυμάζω εἴ σοι ταῦτα τεράστια εἶναι δοκεῖ τὸν Ἄτλαντα δηλαδὴ εἰδότι, ὃσ τὸν πόλον αὐτὸν εἷσ ὢν φέρει ἀνέχων ἡμᾶσ ἅπαντασ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 4:8)
  • ἀκούεισ δέ γε ἴσωσ καὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τοῦ ἐμοῦ πέρι τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ, ὡσ διαδέξαιτό ποτε αὐτὸσ ἐκεῖνοσ τὸν Ἄτλαντα, καὶ ἀναπαύσειε πρὸσ ὀλίγον τοῦ ἄχθουσ ὑποθεὶσ ἑαυτὸν τῷ φορτίῳ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 4:9)
  • ἣ δέ οἱ Ἄτλαντα κρατερόφρονα γείνατο παῖδα· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 48:2)
  • "ὁ δ’ Ἡρακλῆσ, οὔπω τὸν Προμηθέα λελυκὼσ οὐδὲ τοῖσ περὶ τὸν Χείρωνα καὶ Ἄτλαντα σοφισταῖσ διειλεγμένοσ ἀλλὰ νέοσ ὢν καὶ κομιδῇ Βοιώτιοσ, ἀναιρῶν τὴν διαλεκτικὴν καὶ καταγελῶν τοῦ εἰτὸ πρῶτον, τὸ δεύτερον ὑποσπᾶν ἔδοξε βίᾳ τὸν τρίποδα καὶ διαμάχεσθαι πρὸσ τὸν θεὸν ὑπὲρ τῆσ τέχνησ· (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 6 2:19)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἧκεν εἰσ Ὑπερβορέουσ πρὸσ Ἄτλαντα, εἰπόντοσ Προμηθέωσ τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰ μῆλα μὴ πορεύεσθαι, διαδεξάμενον δὲ Ἄτλαντοσ τὸν πόλον ἀποστέλλειν ἐκεῖνον, πεισθεὶσ διεδέξατο. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 5 11:31)

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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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