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βρέφος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βρέφος βρέφεος

Structure: βρεφο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. baby
  2. babe in the womb, foetus/fetus

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative βρέφος βρέφει βρέφη
Genitive βρέφους βρέφοιν βρεφέων
Dative βρέφει βρέφοιν βρέφεσιν*
Accusative βρέφος βρέφει βρέφη
Vocative βρέφος βρέφει βρέφη

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

  • Καλλίστην, ὦ Δωρί, κόρην εἶδον ἐσ κιβωτὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸσ ἐμβληθεῖσαν, αὐτήν τε καὶ βρέφοσ αὐτῆσ ἀρτιγέννητον· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and thetis, chapter 12)
  • ἐκέλευσε δὲ ὁ πατὴρ τοὺσ ναύτασ ἀναλαβόντασ τὸ κιβώτιον, ἐπειδὰν πολὺ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ ἀποσπάσωσιν, ἀφεῖναι ἐσ τὴν θάλατταν, ὡσ ἀπόλοιτο ἡ ἀθλία, καὶ αὐτὴ καὶ τὸ βρέφοσ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and thetis, chapter 13)
  • Ὑπὲρ αὐτῆσ μὲν ἐσίγα, ὦ Δωρί, καὶ ἔφερε τὴν καταδίκην, τὸ βρέφοσ δὲ παρῃτεῖτο μὴ ἀποθανεῖν δακρύουσα καὶ τῷ πάππῳ δεικνύουσα αὐτό, κάλλιστον ὄν· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and thetis, chapter 22)
  • ἡ δ’ εὐανδρία διδακτόσ, εἴπερ καὶ βρέφοσ διδάσκεται λέγειν ἀκούειν θ’ ὧν μάθησιν οὐκ ἔχει. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:14)
  • ἢ διότι μὴ πώγωνα μηδὲ πολιὰσ ἔφυσασ, διὰ ταῦτα καὶ βρέφοσ ἀξιοῖσ νομίζεσθαι γέρων καὶ πανοῦργοσ ὤν; (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 1:4)

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