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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

  • οἱᾶ δέ φασι τὰσ ἀλκυόνων λοχείασ παραδεξαμένην τὴν θάλατταν ἐν χειμῶνι σῴζειν καὶ συνεκτιθηνεῖσθαι, τοιαύτην ἀναχεαμένη καὶ περιστήσασα γαλήνην πραγμάτων ἀπόλεμον καὶ ἄνοσον καὶ ἀκίνδυνον καὶ ἄφοβον, νεοσταθεῖ δήμῳ καὶ κραδαινομένῳ παρέσχε ῥιζῶσαι καὶ καταστῆσαι τὴν πόλιν αὐξανομένην ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ βεβαίωσ καὶ ἀνεμποδίστωσ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 9 2:1)
  • ὥσπερ πνεύματα κατέσβεσεν οἱᾶ δέ φασι τὰσ ἀλκυόνων λοχείασ παραδεξαμένην τὴν θάλατταν ἐν χειμῶνι σῴζειν καὶ συνεκτιθηνεῖσθαι, τοιαύτην ἀναχεαμένη καὶ περιστήσασα γαλήνην πραγμάτων ἀπόλεμον καὶ ἄνοσον καὶ ἀκίνδυνον καὶ ἄφοβον, νεοσταθεῖ δήμῳ καὶ κραδαινομένῳ παρέσχε ῥιζῶσαι καὶ καταστῆσαι τὴν πόλιν, αὐξανομένην ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ βεβαίωσ καὶ ἀνεμποδίστωσ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 9 5:1)
  • καὶ πότε δὴ νήεσσ1’ ἄφοβοσ πόροσ, εἰπέ, θάλασσα, εἰ καὶ ἐν ἀλκυόνων ἤμασι κλαυσόμεθα, ἀλκυόνων, αἷσ πόντοσ ἀεὶ στηρίξατο κῦμα νήνεμον, ὡσ κρῖναι χέρσον ἀπιστοτέρην; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2711)

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