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φερνή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φερνή

Structure: φερν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. that which is brought by the wife, a dowry, portion, a dower, bridal gifts

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

  • Ἐὰν δὲ ἀπατήσῃ τισ παρθένον ἀμνήστευτον καὶ κοιμηθῇ μετ̓ αὐτῆσ, φερνῇ φερνιεῖ αὐτὴν αὐτῷ γυναῖκα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 22:16)
  • ἐὰν δὲ ἀνανεύων ἀνανεύσῃ καὶ μὴ βούληται ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῆσ δοῦναι αὐτὴν αὐτῷ γυναῖκα, ἀργύριον ἀποτίσει τῷ πατρὶ καθ̓ ὅσον ἐστὶν ἡ φερνὴ τῶν παρθένων. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 22:17)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἀπώλεσεν Ἐφραὶμ τὸν Χαναναῖον τὸν κατοικοῦντα ἐν Γαζέρ, καὶ κατῴκει ὁ Χαναναῖοσ ἐν τῷ Ἐφραὶμ ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ, ἕωσ ἀνέβη Φαραὼ βασιλεὺσ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐνέπρησεν αὐτὴν ἐν πυρί, καὶ τοὺσ Χαναναίουσ καὶ τοὺσ Φερεζαίουσ καὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ ἐν Γαζὲρ ἐξεκέντησαν, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν Φαραὼ ἐν φερνῇ τῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 16:10)
  • φερνή τε Τερεντίασ τῆσ γυναικὸσ προσεγένετο μυριάδων δέκα, καὶ κληρονομία τισ εἰσ ἐννέα δηναρίων συναχθεῖσα μυριάδασ, ἀπὸ τούτων ἐλευθερίωσ ἅμα καὶ σωφρόνωσ διῆγε μετὰ τῶν συμβιούντων Ἑλλήνων καὶ Ῥωμαίων φιλολογῶν, σπάνιον, εἴ ποτε, πρὸ δυσμῶν ἡλίου κατακλινόμενοσ, οὐχ οὕτω δι’ ἀσχολίαν, ὡσ διὰ τὸ σῶμα τῷ στομάχῳ μοχθηρῶσ διακείμενον. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 8 2:2)
  • ἡ φερνὴ δ’ ἔνδον ἔμεινεν ὅλη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2022)

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

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