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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

  • συνάγων ὡσεὶ ἀσκὸν ὕδατα θαλάσσησ, τιθεὶσ ἐν θησαυροῖσ ἀβύσσουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 32:7)
  • εὐλογημένοσ εἶ ὁ ἐπιβλέπων ἀβύσσουσ, καθήμενοσ ἐπὶ Χερουβὶμ καὶ αἰνετὸσ καὶ ὑπερυψούμενοσ εἰσ τοὺσ αἰῶνασ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 3:53)
  • τὰσ ὦν δὴ πηγὰσ τοῦ Νείλου ἐούσασ ἀβύσσουσ ἐκ τοῦ μέσου τῶν ὀρέων τούτων ῥέειν, καὶ τὸ μὲν ἥμισυ τοῦ ὕδατοσ ἐπ’ Αἰγύπτου ῥέειν καὶ πρὸσ βορέην ἄνεμον, τὸ δ’ ἕτερον ἥμισυ ἐπ’ Αἰθιοπίησ τε καὶ νότου. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 28 4:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ δυνατὸν πανταχοῦ βιάσασθαι τὴν φύσιν διὰ πετρῶν καὶ κρημνῶν ἐξαισίων, τῶν μὲν ὑπερκειμένων τῆσ ὁδοῦ τῶν δ’ ὑποπιπτόντων, ὥστε καὶ μικρὸν ἐκβᾶσιν ἄφυκτον εἶναι τὸν κίνδυνον, εἰσ φάραγγασ ἀβύσσουσ τοῦ πτώματοσ ὄντοσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 6 12:9)

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