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ξόανον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξόανον ξοάνου

Structure: ξοαν (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ce/w

Sense

  1. an image of carved wood, an image, statue, especially of a god; xoanon
  2. a musical instrument

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

  • καὶ νεώσ ἐστιν ἐν αὐτῇ τοῦ Ἀχιλλέωσ, καὶ ξόανον τῆσ παλαιᾶσ ἐργασίασ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 2:2)
  • μετὰ δὲ οὐ πολλοστῷ χρόνῳ παρ’ Αἰγυπτίων λόγον Ἀσσύριοι ἐσ θεοὺσ ἤκουσαν, καὶ ἱρὰ καὶ νηοὺσ ἤγειραν, ἐν τοῖσ καὶ ἀγάλματα ἔθεντο καὶ ξόανα ἐστήσαντο. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 2:3)
  • ἔνι δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἔργα πολυτελέα καὶ ἀρχαῖα ἀναθήματα καὶ πολλὰ θωύματα καὶ ξόανα θεοπρεπέα. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 10:1)
  • ἱδρώει γὰρ δὴ ὦν παρὰ σφίσι τὰ ξόανα καὶ κινέεται καὶ χρησμηγορέει, καὶ βοὴ δὲ πολλάκισ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ νηῷ κλεισθέντοσ τοῦ ἱροῦ, καὶ πολλοὶ ἤκουσαν. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 10:3)
  • ἀπὸ τούτου ἐν νυκτὶ σέλασ πολλὸν ἀπολάμπεται, ὑπὸ δὲ οἱ καὶ ὁ νηὸσ ἅπασ οἱο͂ν ὑπὸ λύχνοισι φαείνεται, ἐν ἡμέρῃ δὲ τὸ μὲν φέγγοσ ἀσθενέει, ἰδέην δὲ ἔχει κάρτα πυρώδεα, καὶ ἄλλο θωυμαστόν ἐστιν ἐν τῷ ξοάνῳ. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 32:8)
  • ἐν μέσῳ δὲ ἀμφοτέρων ἕστηκεν ξόανον ἄλλο χρύσεον, οὐδαμὰ τοῖσι ἄλλοισι ξοάνοισι εἴκελον. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 33:1)
  • μετὰ δὲ τὸν θρόνον τοῦτον κέαται ξόανον Ἀπόλλωνοσ, οὐκ οἱο͂ν ἐώθεε ποιέεσθαι· (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 35:1)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλοι πάντεσ Ἀπόλλωνα νέον τε ἥγηνται καὶ πρωθήβην ποιέουσιν, μοῦνοι δὲ οὗτοι Ἀπόλλωνοσ γενειήτεω ξόανον δεικνύουσιν. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 35:2)
  • μετὰ δὲ τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα ξόανόν ἐστιν Ἄτλαντοσ, μετὰ δὲ Ἑρμέω καὶ Εἰλειθυίησ. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 38:1)

Synonyms

  1. a musical instrument

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