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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

  • Περγαμηνοὶ τοὺσ ἐσ τὸ Ἀσκληπιεῖον συμφυγόντασ, οὐκ ἀφισταμένουσ, ἐτόξευον τοῖσ ξοάνοισ συμπλεκομένουσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 4 2:2)
  • ὁ μὲν δὴ Πύθιοσ καλούμενοσ καὶ ὁ Δεκατηφόροσ τοῖσ Αἰγυπτίοισ μάλιστα ἐοίκασι ξοάνοισ, ὃν δὲ Ἀρχηγέτην ἐπονομάζουσιν, Αἰγινητικοῖσ ἔργοισ ἐστὶν ὅμοιοσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 42 9:3)

Synonyms

  1. a musical instrument

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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