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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

  • κεῖται γὰρ ὑπ’ αὐτῇσι τῇσιν ἄρκτοισ καὶ τοῖσ ὄρεσι τοῖσ Ῥιπαίοισιν, ὅθεν ὁ βορέησ πνεῖ. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xix.2)
  • Ἀναξαγόρασ ἀνταπώσει τοῦ πρὸσ ταῖσ ἄρκτοισ ἀέροσ, ὃν αὐτὸσ συνωθῶν ἐκ τῆσ πυκνώσεωσ ἰσχυροποιεῖ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 2, 1:1)
  • Μητρόδωροσ ὑδατώδουσ ἀναθυμιάσεωσ διὰ τὴν ἡλιακὴν ἔκκαυσιν γίνεσθαι ὁρμὴν πνευμάτων θείων τοὺσ δ’ ἐτησίασ πνεῖν, τοῦ πρὸσ ταῖσ ἄρκτοισ παχυνθέντοσ ἀέροσ, ὑποχωροῦντι τῷ ἡλίῳ κατὰ τὴν θερινὴν τροπὴν ἐπισυρρέοντοσ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 3, 3:1)
  • Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ ἄρρενα καὶ θήλεα γίνεσθαι παρὰ θερμότητα καὶ ψυχρότητα ὅθεν ἱστορεῖται τοὺσ μὲν πρώτουσ ἄρρενασ πρὸσ ἀνατολῇ καὶ μεσημβρίᾳ γεγενῆσθαι μᾶλλον ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ, τὰσ δὲ θηλείασ πρὸσ ταῖσ ἄρκτοισ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 1)
  • τὰ μὲν πρὸσ ταῖσ ἄρκτοισ ἄρρενα βλαστῆσαι, τοῦ γὰρ πυκνοῦ μετέχειν πλείονοσ· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. bear

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