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αἴλουρος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἴλουρος αἰλούρου

Structure: αἰλουρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. cat(Felis domesticus)
  2. weasel

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

  • ἐπὶ τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν ἐφίπτανται νυκτερίδεσ, χελιδόνεσ καὶ τὰ ὄρνεα, ὡσαύτωσ δὲ καὶ οἱ αἴλουροι. (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:22)
  • Σοφοκλέουσ, οὐχ ὡσ γαλαῖ καὶ αἴλουροι τροφῆσ ἕνεκα διὰ λιμόν, ἀλλ’ ἐφ’ ἡδονῇ καὶ ὄψῳ διασπῶντεσ καὶ κατακόπτοντεσ ὅσον ἐστὶ τῇ φύσει φονικὸν καὶ θηριῶδεσ ἔρρωσαν καὶ πρὸσ οἶκτον ἀκαμπὲσ ἀπειργάσαντο, τοῦ δ’ ἡμέρου τὸ πλεῖστον ἀπήμβλυναν· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 2 5:1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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