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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)
  • παῖδεσ, πῆ με λιποῦσα πολύστονον ᾤχετο μήτηρ, ἣ χθιζόν σὺν ἐμοὶ θαλάμων κληῖδασ ἑλοῦσα ἔδραθεν ὑπνώουσα καὶ ἐσ μίαν ἤλυθεν εὐνήν; (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1161)
  • 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)
  • 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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