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ἄκορος

Second declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκορος ἀκόρου

Structure: ἀκορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = a)ko/restos

Sense

  1. sweet flag, calamus

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

  • μήποτε πυρίφατον γᾶν Πελασγίαν πόλιν τὸν ἄκορον βοᾶσ, κτίσαι μάχλον Ἄπη, τὸν ἀρότοισ θερί‐ ζοντα βροτοὺσ ἐν ἄλλοισ, οὕνεκ’ ᾤκτισαν ἡμᾶσ, ψῆφον δ’ εὔφρον’ ἔθεντο, αἰδοῦνται δ’ ἱκέτασ Διόσ, ποίμναν τάνδ’ ἀμέγαρτον· (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 12)

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