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Γίγας

Third declension Noun; Masculine 고유 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Γίγας Γίγαντος

Structure: Γιγαντ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. one of the Gigantes; a Gigas

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Γίγας Γίγαντε Γίγαντες
Genitive Γίγαντος Γιγάντοιν Γιγάντων
Dative Γίγαντι Γιγάντοιν Γίγᾱσιν*
Accusative Γίγαντα Γίγαντε Γίγαντας
Vocative Γίγαν Γίγαντε Γίγαντες

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

  • οἱ δὲ γίγαντεσ ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ ἐν ταῖσ ἡμέραισ ἐκείναισ. καὶ μετ̓ ἐκεῖνο, ὡσ ἂν εἰσεπορεύοντο οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸσ τὰσ θυγατέρασ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἐγεννῶσαν ἑαυτοῖσ. ἐκεῖνοι ἦσαν οἱ γίγαντεσ οἱ ἀπ̓ αἰῶνοσ, οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ὀνομαστοί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:4)
  • οὗτοι ἐγένοντο Ραφὰ ἐν Γέθ. πάντεσ ἦσαν τέσσαρεσ γίγαντεσ, καὶ ἔπεσον ἐν χειρὶ Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐν χειρὶ παίδων αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 20:8)
  • οὐ γὰρ ὑπέπεσεν ὁ δυνατὸσ αὐτῶν ὑπὸ νεανίσκων, οὐδὲ υἱοὶ τιτάνων ἐπάταξαν αὐτόν, οὐδὲ ὑψηλοὶ γίγαντεσ ἐπέθεντο αὐτῷ, ἀλλὰ Ἰουδὶθ θυγάτηρ Μεραρὶ ἐν κάλλει προσώπου αὐτῆσ παρέλυσεν αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 16:6)
  • σὺ τοὺσ ἔμπροσθεν ἀδικίαν ποιήσαντασ, ἐν οἷσ καὶ γίγαντεσ ἦσαν ρώμῃ καὶ θράσει πεποιθότεσ, διέφθειρασ ἐπαγαγὼν αὐτοῖσ ἀμέτρητον ὕδωρ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 2:4)

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