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ἄρκτος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄρκτος ἄρκτου

Structure: ἀρκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bear
  2. the north

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

  • ἐν δὲ τῇ αὐλῇ ἄφετοι νέμονται βόεσ μεγάλοι καὶ ἵπποι καὶ ἀετοὶ καὶ ἄρκτοι καὶ λέοντεσ, καὶ ἀνθρώπουσ οὐδαμὰ σίνονται, ἀλλὰ πάντεσ ἱροί τέ εἰσι καὶ χειροήθεεσ. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 41:1)
  • ἀλλά, ὡσ λύκοι καὶ ἄρκτοι καὶ λέοντεσ αὐτοὶ ὅσα ἐσθίουσι φονεύουσιν, ἄνελε δήγματι βοῦν ἢ στόματι σῦν, ἢ ἄρνα ἢ λαγωὸν διάρρηξον καὶ φάγε προσπεσὼν ἔτι ζῶντοσ, ὡσ ἐκεῖνα. (Plutarch, De esu carnium I, chapter, section 5 4:1)
  • οἳ δὲ μετ’ αὐτὴν σαίνοντεσ πολιοί τε λύκοι χαροποί τε λέοντεσ, ἄρκτοι παρδάλιέσ τε θοαὶ προκάδων ἀκόρητοι ἠίσαν· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 7:9)
  • ὦ λύκοι, ὦ θῶεσ, ὦ ἀν’ ὤρεα φωλάδεσ ἄρκτοι, χαίρεθ’. (Theocritus, Idylls, 83)
  • ἐκ δ’ ἄρκτοι τ’ ἐφάνησαν, ὄνων τ’ ἀνὰ μέσσον ἀμαυρὴ φάτνη σημαίνοισα τὰ πρὸσ πλόον εὔδια πάντα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 10)

Synonyms

  1. bear

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