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φάττα

First declension Noun; Feminine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φάττα φάττης

Structure: φαττ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. wood pigeon, ring dove, cushat

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

  • ἐμοὶ δὲ τὰσ φάττασ γε φέρε καὶ τὰσ κίχλασ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode 1:12)
  • κἀκ Βοιωτῶν γε φέροντασ ἰδεῖν χῆνασ νήττασ φάττασ τροχίλουσ· (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, anapests10)
  • ἐν οἷσ νομίζεται ὀπτᾶν τε τυροῦ Χερρονησίτου τόμουσ ἕψειν τ’ ἐλαίῳ ῥάφανον ἠγλαισμένην πνίγειν τε παχέων ἀρνίων στηθύνια τίλλειν τε φάττασ καὶ κίχλασ ὁμοῦ σπίνοισ κοινῇ τε χναύειν τευθίσιν σηπίδια πιλεῖν τε πολλὰσ πλεκτάνασ ἐπιστρεφῶσ πίνειν τε πολλὰσ κύλικασ εὐζωρεστέρασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 10 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. wood pigeon

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