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ἄγγος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγγος ἄγγεος

Structure: ἀγγο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. vessel (to hold liquids), vat, pitcher, bucket, pail, wine-bowl, (for dry substances) cradle, cinerary urn, casket, coffin
  2. (of body parts) womb, stomach
  3. shell of the longhorn beetle
  4. cell of a honey-comb

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

  • μέτρῳ δ’ εὖ κομίσασθαι ἐν ἄγγεσιν· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 66:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὁπότ’ ἢ ἐρίφοιο νεοσφάγοσ ἠὲ καὶ ἀρνὸσ ἠὲ κλυτοῦ ὄρνιθοσ ἐφοπλίζεσθαι ἐδωδήν, χίδρα μὲν ἐντρίψειασ ὑποστρώσασ ἐνὶ κοίλοισ ἄγγεσιν, εὐώδει δὲ μιγῇ ἀνάφυρσον ἐλαίῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 100 2:5)
  • ἂν περιλειφθῇ μικρὸν ἐν ἄγγεσιν ἡδέοσ οἴνου, εἰσ ὀξὺ τρέπεται τοῦτο τὸ λειπόμενον οὕτω ἀπαντλήσασ τὸν ὅλον βίον, εἰσ βαθὺ δ’ ἐλθὼν γῆρασ, ὁ πρεσβύτησ γίνεται ὀξύχολοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1271)
  • καὶ σπονδὰσ εἶδον ἐγκεκραμένασ οὐκ ἐν ἀργυροῖσ καὶ χρυσοῖσ ἄγγεσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐν ὀστρακίναισ κυλίσκαισ καὶ πρόχοισ, καὶ πάνυ ἠγάσθην τῶν ἀνδρῶν ὅτι διαμένουσιν ἐν τοῖσ πατρίοισ ἔθεσιν οὐδὲν ἐξαλλάττοντεσ τῶν ἀρχαίων ἱερῶν εἰσ τὴν ἀλαζόνα πολυτέλειαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 23 8:1)
  • ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν πρὸσ δώματ’ ἰὼν μνηστῆρσιν ὁμίλει, ὅπλισσόν τ’ ἠιά καὶ ἄγγεσιν ἄρσον ἅπαντα, οἶνον ἐν ἀμφιφορεῦσι, καὶ ἄλφιτα, μυελὸν ἀνδρῶν, δέρμασιν ἐν πυκινοῖσιν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 26:10)

Synonyms

  1. womb

  2. shell of the longhorn beetle

  3. cell of a honey-comb

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