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εὐνή?

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration: eunē

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 οἱο῀ν 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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