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ἄρκευθος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 식물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄρκευθος ἀρκεύθου

Structure: ἀρκευθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. juniper, Juniperus macrocarpa
  2. Phoenician cedar, Juniperus phoenicea
  3. prickly cedar, Juniperus oxycedrus

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

  • τῷ Ἐφραίμ, τί αὐτῷ ἔτι καὶ εἰδώλοισ̣ ἐγὼ ἐταπείνωσα αὐτόν, καὶ ἐγὼ κατισχύσω αὐτόν. ἐγὼ ὡσ ἄρκευθοσ πυκάζουσα, ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὁ καρπόσ σου εὕρηται. (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 14:9)
  • ἐν δὲ τοῖσ ὄρεσιν οὐ μόνον ἐλάτη καὶ πεύκη φύεται δαψιλήσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ κέδροσ καὶ ἄρκευθοσ ἄπλατοσ καὶ τὸ καλούμενον βόρατον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 49 4:1)
  • ὑποπίπτει μὲν οὖν ταῖσ Πάγραισ τὸ τῶν Ἀντιοχέων πεδίον, δι’ οὗ ῥεῖ ὁ Ἄρκευθοσ ποταμὸσ καὶ ὁ Ὀρόντησ καὶ ὁ Λαβώτασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 2 16:7)

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