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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

  • τοὺσ δ’ ἐν τῷ φθινοπώρῳ φαινομένουσ δύο ἡμέραισ ἢ μιᾷ, τούτουσ εἶναι ἐδωδίμουσ, διαφέρουσι δὲ τῶν ἀεισκώπων τῷ πάχει καί εἰσι παραπλήσιοι τρυγόνι καὶ φάττῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 45 2:5)
  • καίτοι τοῦτο μὲν οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστισ ἀνθρώπων οὐ διανοεῖται, καὶ τοὐναντίον οἰέται θαυμαστὸν εἶναι καὶ παράδοξον, εἰ μήτε φάττα φάττῃ μήτε μελίττῃ μέλιττα μήτε πυρῷ πυρὸσ ἢ σύκῳ τὸ τοῦ λόγου σῦκον ἐν τῷ παντὶ χρόνῳ γέγονεν ἀπαράλλακτον. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 36 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. wood pigeon

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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