Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔρσην

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Principal Part: ἔρσην

Etym.: ionic for a)/rshn, a)/rrhn.

Sense

Examples

  • νῦν δ’ ἐπεὰν θορνύωνται κατὰ ζεύγεα καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ ᾖ ὁ ἔρσην τῇ ἐκποιήσι, ἀπιεμένου αὐτοῦ τὴν γονὴν ἡ θήλεα ἅπτεται τῆσ δειρῆσ, καὶ ἐμφῦσα οὐκ ἀνιεῖ πρὶν ἂν διαφάγῃ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 109 2:2)
  • ὁ μὲν δὴ ἔρσην ἀποθνήσκει τρόπῳ τῷ εἰρημένῳ, ἡ δὲ θήλεα τίσιν τοιήνδε ἀποτίνει τῷ ἔρσενι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 109 3:1)
  • Κέκροψ δὲ γήμασ τὴν Ἀκταίου κόρην Ἄγραυλον παῖδα μὲν ἔσχεν Ἐρυσίχθονα, ὃσ ἄτεκνοσ μετήλλαξε, θυγατέρασ δὲ Ἄγραυλον Ἕρσην Πάνδροσον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 14 2:1)

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

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