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ἔλαφος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔλαφος ἐλάφου

Structure: ἐλαφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. red deer

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

  • διὰ τοῦτό φασι καὶ τὴν φύσιν ἀγεννεστάτῳ ζῴῳ τῷ ἐλάφῳ κέρατα θαυμαστὰ τῷ μεγέθει καὶ τραχύτητι πρὸσ ἄμυναν ἐμφῦσαι, διδάσκουσαν ἡμᾶσ ὡσ οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ τὸ ἰσχύειν καὶ ὡπλίσθαι τοὺσ μένειν καὶ θαρρεῖν μὴ δυναμένουσ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 3 5:1)
  • διὰ τοῦτό φασι καὶ τὴν φύσιν ἀγεννεστάτῳ ζῴῳ τῷ ἐλάφῳ κέρατα θαυμαστὰ τῷ μεγέθει καὶ τραχύτητι πρὸσ ἄμυναν ἐμφῦσαι, διδάσκουσαν ἡμᾶσ ὡσ οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ τὸ ἰσχύειν καὶ ὡπλίσθαι τοὺσ μένειν καὶ θαρρεῖν μὴ δυναμένουσ. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 3 2:4)
  • Σπανὸσ ἀνὴρ δημότησ τῶν ἐπὶ χώρασ βιούντων ἐλάφῳ νεοτόκῳ φευγούσῃ κυνηγέτασ ἐπιτυχών αὐτῆσ μὲν ἀπελείφθη, τὴν δὲ νεβρὸν, ἐκπλαγεὶσ τῇ καινότητι τῆσ χρόασ λευκὴ γὰρ ἦν πᾶσα, λαμβάνει διώξασ. (Plutarch, Sertorius, chapter 11 2:1)
  • τόδ’ ἄρ’ ἦσ λώιον, ἔμμεναι ξέννον τῶν χαλεπῶν παιδὸσ ἐράν<νω παράπαν πόθων> τῷ μὲν γὰρ βίοσ ἑρ́πει προγόνοισ ἶσ’ ἐλάφω θοᾶσ, χαλάσει δ’ ἑτέρᾳ ποντοπόρην αὔριον ἄρμενα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 14)
  • μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο τῆσ γῆσ ἐπιβαλεῖν ἐπ’ αὐτὰ πρῶτον μὲν τὴν ἐπιπολῆσ ἐξαιρεθεῖσαν ἐκ τῶν ὀρυγμάτων, ἄνωθεν δὲ ταύτησ γῆσ στερεᾶσ τῆσ ἄπωθεν, ἵνα ᾖ τῇ ἐλάφῳ ὅτι μάλιστα ἄδηλοσ ἡ στάσισ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. red deer

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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