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Μύκονος

Second declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Μύκονος

Etym.: one of the Cyclades, Hdt.

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Examples

  • Μύκονοσ δ’ ἐστὶν ὑφ’ ᾗ μυθεύουσι κεῖσθαι τῶν γιγάντων τοὺσ ὑστάτουσ ὑφ’ Ἡρακλέουσ καταλυθέντασ, ἀφ’ ὧν ἡ παροιμία "πάνθ’ ὑπὸ μίαν Μύκονον" ἐπὶ τῶν ὑπὸ μίαν ἐπιγραφὴν ἀγόντων καὶ τὰ διηρτημένα τῇ φύσει. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 5 12:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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