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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

  • εἰ δ’ ἄλλωσ νεύσαισ, κατὰ μὲν χρόα πάντ’ ὀνύχεσσι δακνόμενοσ κνάσαιο καὶ ἐν κνίδαισι καθεύδοισ, εἰήσ δ’ Ἠδωνῶν μὲν ἐν ὤρεσι χείματι μέσσῳ Ἕβρον πὰρ ποταμὸν τετραμμένοσ ἐγγύθεν ἄρκτω, ἐν δὲ θέρει πυμάτοισι παρ’ Αἰθιόπεσσι νομεύοισ πέτρᾳ ὕπο Βλεμύων, ὅθεν οὐκέτι Νεῖλοσ ὁρατόσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 52)
  • ἔχει δὲ πρὸσ μὲν ἄρκτῳ δρυμούσ, δι’ ὧν ὁ Ῥασκούπολισ ἤγαγε τοὺσ ἀμφὶ τὸν Βροῦτον· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 13 4:6)
  • τὰ δὲ πρὸσ ἄρκτῳ ἀεί τε νίφεσθαι καὶ κατάψυχρα εἶναι καὶ πήγνυσθαι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. s'. LEUKIPPOS 4:7)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν εἴ γέ τινασ εἰσ ἀπόστασιν ὤφειλον ἀφορμαὶ μεγάλαι παροξύνειν, μάλιστα Γαλάτασ ἐχρῆν τοὺσ οὕτωσ ὑπὸ τῆσ φύσεωσ τετειχισμένουσ, ἐξ ἀνατολῆσ μὲν ταῖσ Ἄλπεσιν πρὸσ ἄρκτῳ δὲ Ῥήνῳ ποταμῷ, μεσημβρινοῖσ δὲ τοῖσ Πυρηναίοισ ὄρεσιν, ὠκεανῷ δὲ πρὸσ δυσμῶν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 479:1)
  • τῶν δὲ περὶ βορέαν οἱ πρὸσ μεσημβρίαν πληθύουσι, νότων δὲ οἱ πρὸσ ἄρκτῳ κατὰ τὰ αὐτά· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:13)

Synonyms

  1. bear

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