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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

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

  • ἐν δὲ τῷ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει ἦλθε Χοδολλογομὸρ καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖσ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ καὶ κατέκοψαν τοὺσ γίγαντασ τοὺσ ἐν Ἀσταρὼθ καὶ Καρναί̈ν, καὶ ἔθνη ἰσχυρὰ ἅμα αὐτοῖσ καὶ τοὺσ Ὀμμαίουσ τοὺσ ἐν Σαυῇ τῇ πόλει (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 14:5)
  • καὶ ἐκεῖ ἑωράκαμεν τοὺσ γίγαντασ καὶ ἦμεν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ ἀκρίδεσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ οὕτωσ ἦμεν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 13:34)
  • καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν μετὰ τῶν γιγάντων τῶν πεπτωκότων ἀπ’ αἰῶνοσ, οἳ κατέβησαν εἰσ ᾅδου ἐν ὅπλοισ πολεμικοῖσ καὶ ἔθηκαν τὰσ μαχαίρασ αὐτῶν ὑπὸ τὰσ κεφαλὰσ αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐγενήθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐξεφόβησαν γίγαντασ ἐν γῇ ζωῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 32:27)
  • ἁ δ’ αἰόλοισ κέρδεσσι καὶ ἀφροσύναισ ἐξαισίοισ θάλλουσ’ ἀθαμβὴσ Ὕβρισ, ἃ πλ[οῦτον] δύναμίν τε θοῶσ ἀλλότριον ὤπασεν, αὖτισ δ’ ἐσ βαθὺν πέμπει φθόρον, κείνα καὶ ὑπερφιάλουσ Γᾶσ παῖδασ ὤλεσσεν Γίγαντασ. (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 15 7:1)
  • περιπλομένων δ’ ἐνιαυτῶν γείνατ’ Ἐρινῦσ τε κρατερὰσ μεγάλουσ τε Γίγαντασ, τεύχεσι λαμπομένουσ, δολίχ’ ἔγχεα χερσὶν ἔχοντασ, Νύμφασ θ’ ἃσ Μελίασ καλέουσ’ ἐπ’ ἀπείρονα γαῖαν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 22:5)

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