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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

  • τὼ νεανία τὼ ἑταίρω Πυλάδησ τε ὁ Φωκεὺσ καὶ Ὀρέστησ δοκῶν ἤδη τεθνάναι λαθόντ’ ἐσ τὰ βασίλεια παρελθόντε φονεύουσιν ἄμφω τὸν Αἴγισθον ἡ δὲ Κλυταιμήστρα ἤδη ἀνῄρηται καὶ ἐπ’ εὐνῆσ τινοσ ἡμίγυμνοσ πρόκειται καὶ θεραπεία πᾶσα ἐκπεπληγμένοι τὸ ἔργον οἱ μὲν ὥσπερ βοῶσιν, οἱ δέ τινεσ ὅπῃ φύγωσι περιβλέπουσι. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 23:2)
  • οὐδ’ ὅ γ’ ἐπὶ δμῶασ καὶ ποιμένασ ἀγροιώτασ ὦρτ’ ἰέναι, πρίν γ’ ἧσ ἀλόχου ἐπιβήμεναι εὐνῆσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 3:1)
  • τελέσασ δὲ ταῦτα, τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ τε στέφεται καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὁκόσοι τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ἀπικνέονται, ἄρασ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἑωυτοῦ ὁδοιπορέει, ὕδασί τε ψυχροῖσι χρεόμενοσ λουτρῶν τε καὶ πόσιοσ εἵνεκα καὶ ἐσ πάμπαν χαμοκοιτέων οὐ γάρ οἱ εὐνῆσ ἐπιβῆναι ὅσιον πρὶν τήν τε ὁδὸν ἐκτελέσαι καὶ ἐσ τὴν ἑωυτοῦ αὖτισ ἀπικέσθαι. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 55:4)
  • καὶ γὰρ εἰ πάνυ ὠκὺσ τύχοι καὶ πολλὰσ πολλάκισ κύνασ διαπεφευγώσ, ἀλλά γε ἐξ εὐνῆσ ἀνιστάμενον καὶ σὺν βοῇ ἐπικειμένων ἐκπλαγῆναι ἀνάγκη καὶ πατάσσειν αὐτῷ τὴν καρδίαν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 15 1:2)
  • ἐᾶν δὴ ὑπεκφυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆσ εὐνῆσ καὶ ἀναθαρρῆσαι. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 15 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. bed

  2. bedding

  3. abode

  4. marriage-bed

  5. grave

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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