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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

  • τὰ γὰρ τοιαῦτα κρίνειν τῶν ἁβρῶν μᾶλλον καὶ ἀστικῶν τὸ δὲ ἐμόν, αἶγα μὲν αἰγὸσ ὁποτέρα ἡ ^ καλλίων καὶ δάμαλιν ἄλλησ δαμάλεωσ, τάχ’ ἂν δικάσαιμι κατὰ τὴν τέχνην αὗται δὲ πᾶσαί τε ὁμοίωσ καλαὶ καὶ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ ἄν τισ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἑτέρασ ἐπὶ τὴν ἑτέραν μεταγάγοι τὴν ὄψιν ἀποσπάσασ· (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 7:14)
  • ὁ δὲ Ζεὺσ ^ κλαπεὶσ ὑπὸ τῆσ Ῥέασ ὑποβαλομένησ τὸν λίθον εἰσ τὴν Κρήτην ἐκτεθεὶσ ὑπ’ αἰγὸσ ἀνετράφη καθάπερ ὁ Τήλεφοσ ὑπὸ ἐλάφου καὶ ὁ Πέρσησ Κῦροσ ὁ πρότεροσ ὑπὸ τῆσ κυνόσ, εἶτ’ ἐξελάσασ τὸν πατέρα καὶ εἰσ τὸ δεσμωτήριον καταβαλὼν αὐτὸσ ἔσχε τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔγημε δὲ πολλὰσ μὲν καὶ ἄλλασ, ὑστάτην δὲ τὴν ἀδελφὴν κατὰ τοὺσ Περσῶν καὶ Ἀσσυρίων νόμουσ· (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 5:3)
  • οἳ δ’ ὥσ τ’ αἰγυπιοὶ γαμψώνυχεσ, ἀγκυλοχεῖλαι, πέτρῃ ἔφ’ ὑψηλῇ μεγάλα κλάζοντε μάχονται αἰγὸσ ὀρεσσινόμου ἢ ἀγροτέρησ ἐλάφοιο πίονοσ, ἥν τ’ ἐδάμασσε βαλὼν αἰζήιοσ ἀνὴρ ἰῷ ἀπὸ νευρῆσ, αὐτὸσ δ’ ἀπαλήσεται ἄλλῃ χώρου ἀίδρισ ἐών· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 37:2)
  • τετηρῆσθαί δέ φησι τοῦτο καὶ ἐπὶ προβάτου καὶ ἐπὶ συὸσ καὶ ἐπὶ αἰγόσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 48 2:7)
  • ὁ γὰρ Κόνων διέτριβε μὲν ἐν Κύπρῳ μετὰ τὴν ἐν Αἰγὸσ ποταμοῖσ ναυμαχίαν, οὐ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν ἀγαπῶν, ἀλλὰ τὴν τῶν πραγμάτων μεταβολὴν, ὥσπερ ἐν πελάγει τροπὴν, περιμένων. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 21 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. goat

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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