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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

  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τὰ ἑσπέρια, ἡ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν ἑώ φέρειν ἐοίκεν, ἡ δέ τισ ἐπὶ τὰσ ἄρκτουσ, καὶ ἄλλη εὐθὺ τῆσ μεσημβρίασ, καὶ ἡ μὲν διὰ λειμώνων καὶ φυτῶν καὶ σκιᾶσ εὐύδροσ καὶ ἡδεῖα οὐδὲν ἀντίτυπον ἢ δύσβατον ἔχουσα, ἡ δὲ πετρώδησ καὶ τραχεῖα πολὺν ἥλιον καὶ δίψοσ καὶ κάματον προφαίνουσα· (Lucian, 51:8)
  • "ἀλλὰ δορκάδασ μὲν θηρεύουσι καὶ λαγωοὺσ καὶ ἐλάφουσ ἀγρότερόσ τισ συνεπιθωΰσσει καὶ συνεξορμᾷ θεόσ, εὔχονται δ’ Ἀρισταίῳ δολοῦντεσ ὀρύγμασι καὶ βρόχοισ λύκουσ καὶ ἄρκτουσ, ὃσ πρῶτοσ θήρεσσιν ἔπηξε ποδάγρασ· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 14 1:5)
  • καὶ Ἀρχέστρατοσ δ’ ἐν Γαστρονομίᾳ φησί τοὺσ μῦσ Αἶνοσ ἔχει μεγάλουσ, ὄστρεια δ’ Ἄβυδοσ, τὰσ ἄρκτουσ Πάριον, τοὺσ δὲ κτένασ ἡ Μιτυλήνη· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 44 1:2)
  • ὁκόσαι δὲ κέονται πρὸσ τὰ πνεύματα τὰ μεταξὺ τῶν θερινῶν ἀνατολέων τοῦ ἡλίου καὶ τῶν χειμερινῶν καὶ ὁκόσαι τὸ ἐναντίον τούτων, ὧδε ἔχει περὶ αὐτέων‧ ὁκόσαι μὲν πρὸσ τὰσ ἀνατολὰσ τοῦ ἡλίου κέονται, ταύτασ εἰκὸσ εἶναι ὑγιεινοτέρασ τῶν πρὸσ τὰσ ἄρκτουσ ἐστραμμένων καὶ τῶν πρὸσ τὰ θερμά, ἢν καὶ στάδιον τὸ μεταξὺ ᾖ. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , v.2)
  • Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ, τοῦ ἀέροσ εἴξαντοσ τῇ τοῦ ἡλίου ὁρμῇ, ἐγκλιθῆναι τὰσ ἄρκτουσ, καὶ τὰ μὲν βόρεια ὑψωθῆναι τὰ δὲ νότια ταπεινωθῆναι, καθ’ ὃ καὶ τὸν ὅλον κόσμον. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 2, 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. bear

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