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αἴθυια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἴθυια αἰθυίας

Structure: αἰθυι (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. a diving bird, perhaps the shearwater

Declension

First 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

  • ἀχρεῖοσ γοῦν γίνεται καὶ σφαδᾴζων ἐπειδὰν φάγῃ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ αἰγιαλοὺσ ἐκκυμανθεὶσ βορὰ γίνεται αἰθυίαισ τε καὶ λάροισ, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ταῖσ κητείαισ παρεδρευόντων ἀνδρῶν παρανομεῖται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 18 4:2)
  • τὰ δ’ ὀστέα ποῦ ποτ’ ἐκείνου πύθεται, αἰθυίαισ γνωστὰ μόναισ ἐνέπειν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2853)
  • δύσμοροσ ἐκρύφθην πόντῳ νέκυσ, ὃν παρὰ κῦμα ἔκλαυσεν μήτηρ μυρία Λυσιδίκη, ψεύστην αὐγάζουσα κενὸν τάφον ἀλλά με δαίμων ἄπνουν αἰθυίαισ θῆκεν ὁμορρόθιον Πνυταγόρην· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3741)

Synonyms

  1. a diving bird

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