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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

  • ταῦτά μοι εἴκοσιν ἔτη ἐγώ εἰμι μετὰ σοῦ. τὰ πρόβατά σου καὶ αἱ αἶγέσ σου οὐκ ἠτεκνώθησαν. κριοὺσ τῶν προβάτων σου οὐ κατέφαγον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:38)
  • καὶ ἦν ἄνθρωποσ ἐν τῇ Μαάν, καὶ τὰ ποίμνια αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ Καρμήλῳ. καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωποσ μέγασ σφόδρα, καὶ τούτῳ ποίμνια τρισχίλια καὶ αἶγεσ χίλιαι. καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ κείρειν τὸ ποίμνιον αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ Καρμήλῳ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 25:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ αἱ αἶγεσ αὐτῇ ἀμέλγονται, καὶ ἡ μέλιττα οὐχ ἥκιστα, μυίαισ καὶ ἀνθρώποισ ἐργάζεται, καὶ οἱ ὀψοποιοὶ ταύτῃ τὰ ὄψα ἡδύνουσι, καὶ βασιλέων αὐτῶν προγεύεται καὶ ταῖσ τραπέζαισ ἐμπεριπατοῦσα συνεστιᾶται αὐτοῖσ καὶ συναπολαύει πάντων. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 8:2)
  • ἦμοσ δὲ σκόλυμόσ τ’ ἀνθεῖ καὶ ἠχέτα τέττιξ δενδρέῳ ἐφεζόμενοσ λιγυρὴν καταχεύετ’ ἀοιδὴν πυκνὸν ὑπὸ πτερύγων, θέρεοσ καματώδεοσ ὡρ́ῃ, τῆμοσ πιόταταί τ’ αἶγεσ καὶ οἶνοσ ἄριστοσ, μαχλόταται δὲ γυναῖκεσ, ἀφαυρότατοι δέ τοι ἄνδρεσ εἰσίν, ἐπεὶ κεφαλὴν καὶ γούνατα Σείριοσ ἄζει, αὐαλέοσ δέ τε χρὼσ ὑπὸ καύματοσ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 65:1)
  • ἀλλὰ κάπρουσ τε σύεσ καὶ τράγουσ αἶγεσ καὶ τἄλλα θήλεα τοὺσ συννόμουσ αὐτῶν ταῖσ ἰδίαισ ὀσμαῖσ; (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 7 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. goat

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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