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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

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

  • Ἥρη μὲν παράκοιτισ ἀγαλλομένη Διὸσ εὐνῇ ἵστατο θαμβήσασα καὶ ἤθελε ληίζεσθαι· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 129)
  • περὶ μὲν οὖν Σωστράτου ἐν ἄλλῳ βιβλίῳ γέγραπταί μοι καὶ δεδήλωται μέγεθόσ τε αὐτοῦ καὶ ἰσχύοσ ὑπερβολὴ καὶ ἡ ὕπαιθροσ ἐν τῷ Παρνασσῷ δίαιτα, καὶ ἡ ἐπίπονοσ εὐνὴ καὶ τροφαὶ ὄρειοι καὶ ἔργα οὐκ ἀπῳδὰ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ ὅσα ἢ λῃστὰσ αἴρων ἔπραξεν ἢ ὁδοποιῶν τὰ ἄβατα ἢ γεφυρῶν τὰ δύσπορα. (Lucian, (no name) 1:2)
  • αὐτῇ μὲν γὰρ νυκτὶ τανυσφύρου Ἠλεκτρυώνησ εὐνῇ καὶ φιλότητι μίγη, τέλεσεν δ’ ἄρ’ ἐέλδωρ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 2:18)
  • οὐδὲν δὲ οἱο͂ν εὐνὴ μαλθακὴ καὶ ἀλεεινή. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 8 4:4)
  • καὶ σιτία μὲν ἦν ἡμῖν τὰ ἀκρόδρυα, ποτὸν δὲ γάλα καὶ μελίκρατον καὶ τὸ τοῦ Χοάσπου ὕδωρ, εὐνὴ δὲ ὑπαίθριοσ ἐπὶ τῆσ πόασ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 7:3)

Synonyms

  1. bed

  2. bedding

  3. abode

  4. marriage-bed

  5. grave

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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