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φέναξ

Third declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φέναξ φένακος

Structure: φενακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a cheat, quack, impostor

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φέναξ φένακε φένακες
Genitive φένακος φενάκοιν φενάκων
Dative φένακι φενάκοιν φέναξιν*
Accusative φένακα φένακε φένακας
Vocative φέναξ φένακε φένακες

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

  • κἄγωγ’ ὅτε δὴ γ’νων ἐνδεχομένην τοὺσ λόγουσ καὶ τοῖσ φενακισμοῖσιν ἐξαπατωμένην, ἄγε δὴ Σκίταλοι καὶ Φένακεσ, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, Βερέσχεθοί τε καὶ Κόβαλοι καὶ Μόθων, ἀγορά τ’ ἐν ᾗ παῖσ ὢν ἐπαιδεύθην ἐγώ, νῦν μοι φράσοσ καὶ γλῶτταν εὔπορον δότε φωνήν τ’ ἀναιδῆ. (Aristotle, Lyric-Scene, iambics5)

Synonyms

  1. a cheat

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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