Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄβυσσος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄβυσσος ἀβύσσου

Structure: ἀβυσς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bottomless pit, abyss
  2. The subterranean world of the dead: abyss

Declension

Second 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

  • εἴδοσάν σε ὕδατα, ὁ Θεόσ, εἴδοσάν σε ὕδατα καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν, ἐταράχθησαν ἄβυσσοι, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 76:17)
  • αἰνεῖτε τὸν Κύριον ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ, δράκοντεσ καὶ πᾶσαι ἄβυσσοι. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 148:7)
  • ἐν αἰσθήσει ἄβυσσοι ἐρράγησαν, νέφη δὲ ἐρρύησαν δρόσουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 3:20)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἄβυσσοι εἰσι αἱ πηγαί, ἐσ διάπειραν ἔφη τούτου Ψαμμήτιχον Αἰγύπτου βασιλέα ἀπικέσθαι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 28 5:1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION