ἔχιδνα
First declension Noun; Feminine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἔχιδνα
ἐχίδνης
Structure:
ἐχιδν
(Stem)
+
α
(Ending)
Sense
- snake (traditionally held as a poisonous snake, viper, but perhaps also a constrictor)
- (figuratively) a treacherous person
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.
- τὴν γῆν, τὰ μὲν ὑποβρύχια, φωλεύοντα ἐν μυχῷ τῆσ ψάμμου, τὰ δὲ ἄνω ἐπιπολάζοντα, φύσαλοι καὶ ἀσπίδεσ καὶ ἔχιδναι καὶ κεράσται καὶ βουπρήστεισ καὶ ἀκοντίαι καὶ ἀμφίσβαιναι καὶ δράκοντεσ καὶ σκορπίων γένοσ διττόν, τὸ μὲν ἕτερον ἐπίγειόν τε καὶ πεζόν, ὑπέρμεγα καὶ πολυσφόνδυλον, θάτερον δὲ ἐναέριον καὶ πτηνόν, ὑμενόπτερον δὲ οἱᾶ ταῖσ ἀκρίσι καὶ τέττιξι καὶ νυκτερίσι τὰ πτερά. (Lucian, Dipsades 5:1)
- "ἧκον οὖν ὥσπερ ἑλκόμενοι πρὸσ τὴν ἐπῳδὴν ὄφεισ πολλοὶ καὶ ἀσπίδεσ καὶ ἔχιδναι καὶ κεράσται καὶ ἀκοντίαι φρῦνί τε καὶ φύσαλοι, ἐλείπετο δ’ εἷσ δράκων παλαιόσ ὑπὸ γήρωσ, οἶμαι, ἐξεμπύσαι μὴ δυνάμενοσ ἢ παρακούσασ τοῦ προστάγματοσ· (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 11:10)
- ὣσ δὲ καὶ οἱ ἔχιδναί τε καὶ οἱ ἐν Ἀραβίοισι ὑπόπτεροι ὄφιεσ εἰ ἐγίνοντο ὡσ ἡ φύσισ αὐτοῖσι ὑπάρχει, οὐκ ἂν ἦν βιώσιμα ἀνθρώποισι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 109 2:1)
- αἱ μέν νυν ἔχιδναι κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν εἰσί, οἱ δὲ ὑπόπτεροι ὄφιεσ ἀθρόοι εἰσὶ ἐν τῇ Ἀραβίῃ καὶ οὐδαμῇ ἄλλῃ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 109 4:2)
Synonyms
-
snake
-
a treacherous person
