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εὐνή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐνή εὐνῆς

Structure: εὐν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. bed
  2. bedding
  3. abode, layer
  4. marriage-bed
  5. grave
  6. (in the plural) stones thrown from a ship and used as anchors

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative εὐνή εὐνᾱ́ εὐναί
Genitive εὐνῆς εὐναῖν εὐνῶν
Dative εὐνῇ εὐναῖν εὐναῖς
Accusative εὐνήν εὐνᾱ́ εὐνᾱ́ς
Vocative εὐνή εὐνᾱ́ εὐναί

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

  • ἴτ’, ὦ καλλίπεπλοι Φρυγῶν κόραι, μέλπετ’ ἐμῶν γάμων τὸν πεπρωμένον εὐνᾷ πόσιν ἐμέθεν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, lyric21)
  • Περσίδεσ δ’ ἁβροπενθεῖσ ἑκά‐ στα πόθῳ φιλάνορι τὸν αἰχμάεντα θοῦρον εὐνα‐ τῆρ’ ἀποπεμψαμένα λείπεται μονόζυξ. (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, antistrophe 62)
  • μήποτε μήποτέ μ’, ὦ <πότνιαι> Μοῖραι, λεχέων Διὸσ εὐνά‐ τειραν ἴδοισθε πέλουσαν· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, choral, antistrophe 11)
  • κακᾷ μ’ εὐνᾷ πόλισ οὐδὲν ἴδριν γάμων ἐνέδησεν ἄτᾳ. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, antistrophe 13)
  • ἔσται δὴ τοῦτ’ ἆμαρ, ὁπηνίκα νεβρὸν ἐν εὐνᾷ καρχαρόδων σίνεσθαι ἰδὼν λύκοσ οὐκ ἐθελήσει. (Theocritus, Idylls, 52)

Synonyms

  1. bed

  2. bedding

  3. abode

  4. marriage-bed

  5. grave

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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