Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔγκυος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔγκυος ἔγκυον

Structure: ἐγκυ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ku/w

Sense

Declension

First/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

  • ἐν παρθενίᾳ μήποτε βεβηλωθῇ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ πατρικοῖσ αὐτῆσ ἔγκυοσ γένηται. μετὰ ἀνδρὸσ οὖσα μήποτε παραβῇ, καὶ συνῳκηκυῖα, μήποτε στειρωθῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 42:10)
  • ἡ δὲ ὡσ ἔγκυοσ ἐγένετο, τοῦ πατρὸσ ἀπειλοῦντοσ εἰσ Σικυῶνα ἀποδιδράσκει πρὸσ Ἐπωπέα καὶ τούτῳ γαμεῖται. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 5 5:8)
  • Κρῆσσα κύων ἐλάφοιο κατ’ ἴχνιον ἔδραμε Γοργώ, ἔγκυοσ, ἀμφοτέρην Ἄρτεμιν εὐξαμένη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2681)
  • ὠκείαισ ἐλάφοισι κύων ἰσάμιλλα δραμοῦσα ἔγκυοσ ἡλκώθη παιδοπόρον γένεσιν πᾶσα δὲ συγκατέμυσε κατουλωθεῖσα χρόνοισιν, ἤδη δ’ ἡ τοκετῶν ὡρ́ιοσ ἦν βάσανοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3111)
  • Γυνὴ ἔγκυοσ, ἢν μὲν ρσεν κύῃ, εὔχροόσ ἐστιν‧ ἢν δὲ θῆλυ, δύσχροοσ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., AFORISMOI., 72.42)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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