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φηγός

Second declension Noun; Feminine 식물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φηγός φηγοῦ

Structure: φηγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fagei=n

Sense

  1. oak
  2. acorn

Declension

Second 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

  • ὄνοσ βαδίζεισ εἰσ ἄχυρα τραγημάτων, φησί που Φιλήμων φηγοὶ Πανὸσ ἄγαλμα, φησὶ Νίκανδροσ ἐν β’ Γεωργικῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 39 3:2)
  • "τὰ μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν ἐστι λιπαρὰ τῇ φύσει, καθάπερ ἀμυγδάλαι τε αἱ ξηραὶ καὶ Διὸσ βάλανοι, τὰ δὲ σκληρὰ καὶ στρυφνά, καθάπερ αἵ τε φηγοὶ καὶ πᾶν τὸ τοιοῦτον γένοσ, τῶν οὖν λιπαρῶν ἀφαιρεῖται τὸ λίποσ ἡ πύρωσισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 432)
  • φηγοὶ δ’ ἀγριάδεσ, κείνησ ἔτι σήματα μολπῆσ, ἀκτῆσ Θρηικίησ Ζώνησ ἔπι τηλεθόωσαι ἑξείησ στιχόωσιν ἐπήτριμοι, ἃσ ὅγ’ ἐπιπρὸ θελγομένασ φόρμιγγι κατήγαγε Πιερίηθεν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 1:10)

Synonyms

  1. oak

  2. acorn

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