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ἀλκυών

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλκυών ἀλκυόνος

Structure: ἀλκυων (Stem)

Sense

  1. kingfisher, halcyon

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

  • ἀλκυόνεσ, αἳ παρ’ ἀενάοισ θαλάσσησ κύμασι στωμύλλετε, τέγγουσαι νοτίοισ πτερῶν ῥανίσι χρόα δροσιζόμεναι· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, lyric1)
  • Ἴβυκοσ δέ τινασ λαθιπορφυρίδασ ὀνομάζει διὰ τούτων τοῦ μὲν πετάλοισιν ἐπ’ ἀκροτάτοισ ἱζάνοισι ποικίλοι πανέλοπεσ, καἰολόδειροι λαθιπορφυρίδεσ καὶ ἀλκυόνεσ τανυσίπτεροι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 40 3:1)
  • χείλεσιν ἀλκυόνεσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3332)
  • λευκὰ πολυτρήτοιο νεόρρυτα κάλλεα κηροῦ πάντῃ δ’ ὀρνίθων γενεὴ λιγύφωνον ἀείδει, ἀλκυόνεσ περὶ κῦμα, χελιδόνεσ ἀμφὶ μέλαθρα, κύκνοσ ἐπ’ ὄχθαισιν ποταμοῦ, καὶ ὑπ’ ἄλσοσ ἀηδών. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 363 3:1)
  • ἁλκυόνεσ, γλαυκαῖσ Νηρηίσι ταί τε μάλιστα ὀρνίχων ἐφίλαθεν, ὅσαισ τέ περ ἐξ ἁλὸσ ἄγρα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 31)
  • μοῦναι ἀπόρθητοι Νηρηίδεσ, Ὠκεανοῖο κοῦραι, σῶν ἀχέων μίμνομεν ἁλκυόνεσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 151 1:2)

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