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βόμβος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βόμβος βόμβου

Structure: βομβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Formed from the sound.

Sense

  1. any deep, hollow sound, humming, buzzing, booming, rumbling

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

  • γίγνονται δὲ καὶ μέγισταί τινεσ μυῖαι, ἃσ στρατιώτιδασ οἱ πολλοὶ καλοῦσιν, οἱ δὲ κύνασ, τραχύταται τὸν βόμβον καὶ τὴν πτῆσιν ὠκύταται, αἵ γε καὶ μακροβιώταταὶ εἰσιν καὶ τοῦ χειμῶνοσ ὅλου ἄσιτοι διακαρτεροῦσιν ὑπεπτηχυῖαι τοῖσ ὀρόφοισ μάλιστα, ἐφ’ ὧν κἀκεῖνο θαυμάζειν ἄξιον, ὅτι ἀμφότερα, καὶ τὰ θηλειῶν καὶ τὰ ἀρρένων, δρῶσιν καὶ βαινόμεναι καὶ ^ βαίνοντεσ ἐν τῷ μέρει κατὰ τὸν Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἀφροδίτησ παῖδα τὸν μικτὸν τὴν φύσιν καὶ διττὸν τὸ κάλλοσ. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 12:1)
  • εἴ ποτε δὲ τραγικῷ ῥοιζήματι ῥήξατο φωνήν, αὐτῆσ Μελπομένησ βόμβον ἀπεπλάσατο· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2222)
  • βροντὰσ ἐνδέχεται γίνεσθαι καὶ κατὰ πνεύματοσ ἐν τοῖσ κοιλώμασι τῶν νεφῶν ἀνείλησιν, καθάπερ ἐν τοῖσ ἡμετέροισ ἀγγείοισ, καὶ παρὰ πυρὸσ πεπνευμα‐ τωμένου βόμβον ἐν αὐτοῖσ, καὶ κατὰ ῥήξεισ δὲ νεφῶν καὶ διαστάσεισ, καὶ κατὰ παρατρίψεισ νεφῶν καὶ κατάξεισ πῆξιν εἰληφότων κρυσταλλοειδῆ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 100:1)
  • προτερεῖ δὲ ἀστραπὴ βροντῆσ ἐν τοιᾷδέ τινι περιστάσει νεφῶν καὶ διὰ τὸ ἅμα τῷ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐμπίπτειν ἐξωθεῖσθαι τὸν ἀστραπῆσ ἀποτελεστικὸν σχηματισμόν, ὕστερον δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα ἀνειλούμενον τὸν βόμβον ἀποτελεῖν τοῦτον· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, I, EPIKOUROS 102:3)

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