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αἴξ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἴξ αἰγός

Structure: αἰγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: Prob. not from a)i/+ssw, of which the root is AIK.

Sense

  1. goat

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

  • τῶν χερσαίων δ’ ὑμῖν ἥξει παρ’ ἐμοῦ ταυτί βοῦσ ἀγελαῖοσ, τράγοσ ὑλιβάτησ, αἲξ οὐρανία, κριὸσ τομίασ, κάπροσ ἐκτομίασ, ὗσ οὐ τομίασ δέλφαξ, δασύπουσ, ἔριφοι, τυρὸσ χλωρόσ, τυρὸσ ξηρόσ, τυρὸσ κοπτόσ, τυρὸσ ξυστόσ, τυρὸσ τμητόσ, τυρὸσ πηκτόσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 66 2:4)
  • ἐπεκαλεῖτο δ’ Αἴξ, ὅτι τὸν μέγαν δὴ κατέφαγεν ἐραστήν ποτε Θαλλὸν παρεγενήθη γὰρ εἰσ τὴν Ἀττικὴν ὠνησόμενοσ χελιδονείουσ ἰσχάδασ Ὑμήττιόν τε φορτιούμενοσ μέλι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 45 3:6)
  • αὕτη δὲ ὅτι Αἲξ ἐπεκαλεῖτο προείπομεν, διὰ τὸ Θαλλὸν τὸν κάπηλον ἐξαναλῶσαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 51 2:2)
  • κατέλαβε γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τραύματοσ ἄρτι τεθνηκότα καὶ κεκηδευμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ παιδόσ, ᾧ ὄνομα ἦν Αἴξ, ὡσ λέγουσι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 12 1:3)
  • κατέλαβε γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τραύματοσ ἄρτι τεθνηκότα καὶ κεκηδευμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ παιδόσ, ᾧ ὄνομα ἦν Αἴξ, ὡσ λέγουσι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 12 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. goat

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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