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φάος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φάος φάεος

Structure: φαο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: epic nom. and acc. pl. fa/ea [a_ metri grat.]

Sense

  1. light, especially daylight
  2. (poetic) the life of men
  3. of the light or time of day
  4. a day

Declension

Third 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

  • εἰ γὰρ τεθνῶσιν ἀμπλακημάτων τίσισ βροτοῖσ ὀπηδεῖ τῶν ἔδρασαν ἐν φάει, οὐ Τάνταλον ποτοῖσιν, οὐδ̓ Ἰξίονα τροχῷ στροβητόν, οὐδὲ Σίσυφον πέτρῳ ἔδει κολάζειν ἐν δόμοισι Πλουτέωσ, ἁπλῶσ δὲ πάντασ τοὺσ κακῶσ δεδρακότασ τοῖσ σοῖσ προσάπτειν ἀρθροκηδέσιν πόνοισ, ὥσ μου τὸ λυπρὸν καὶ ταλαίπωρον δέμασ χειρῶν ἀπ̓ ἄκρων εἰσ ἄκρασ ποδῶν βάσεισ ἰχῶρι φαύλῳ καὶ πικρῷ χυμῷ χολῆσ πνεύματι βιαίῳ τόδε διασφίγγον πόρουσ ἕστηκε καὶ μεμυκὸσ ἐπιτείνει πόνουσ. (Lucian, 3)
  • δέκατον γὰρ ἤδη τοῦτο πρὸσ πέμπτῳ φάει, ἐξ οὗ ζόφῳ σύγκλειστοσ ἡλίου δίχα εὐναῖσ ἐν ἀστρώτοισι τείρομαι δέμασ. (Lucian, 13)
  • εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἦν τόδ’, οὐκ ἂν ἦμεν ἐν φάει. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 3:4)
  • οὐκέτι μοι βίοσ ἀγαστὸσ ἐν φάει. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, strophe11)
  • ὦ θύγατερ, ἡμεῖσ δ’ ἐν φάει δουλεύσομεν. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 5:10)

Synonyms

  1. light

  2. the life of men

  3. a day

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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