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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

  • καίτοι τί ἂν ἐποίησασ, εἴ σοι ἡ τῆσ Ἀργοῦσ τρόπισ ἐλάλησεν ὥσπερ ποτέ, ἢ ἡ φηγὸσ ἐν Δωδώνῃ αὐτόφωνοσ ἐμαντεύσατο, ἢ εἰ βύρσασ εἶδεσ ἑρπούσασ καὶ βοῶν κρέα μυκώμενα ἡμίοπτα ^ περιπεπαρμένα τοῖσ ὀβελοῖσ; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 2:8)
  • τὰ μέρη δ’ ἡμῶν χἠ σύνταξισ τοῦ βίου ἐστὶν κύαμοσ, θέρμοσ, λάχανον, γογγυλίσ, ὦχροσ, λάθυροσ, φηγόσ, βολβόσ, τέττιξ, ἐρέβινθοσ, ἀχράσ, τό τε θειοφανὲσ μητρῷον ἐμοὶ μελέδημ’ ἰσχάσ, Φρυγίασ εὑρήματα συκῆσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 44 2:3)
  • πολλὴ μὲν γὰρ ἐλάτη πέφυκεν οὐρανομήκησ ἐν αὐτῇ, πολλὴ δὲ αἴγειροσ, πολλὴ δὲ πίειρα πεύκη ὀξύη τε καὶ πίτυσ καὶ φηγὸσ ἀμφιλαφὴσ καὶ μελίαι ταῖσ διαρρεούσαισ λιβάσι πιαινόμεναι, καὶ πᾶσα ἄλλη βαθεῖα συνυφαινομένη τοῖσ κλάδοισ ὕλη σκιερὸν ἀποτελοῦσα δἰ ὅλησ ἡμέρασ τὸ ὄροσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 20, chapter 15 2:2)
  • ἱκανὰ δέ μοι τροφὴν παρασχεῖν καὶ μῆλα καὶ κέγχροι καὶ κριθαὶ καὶ ὄροβοι καὶ τὰ εὐτελέστατα τῶν ὀσπρίων καὶ φηγὸσ ὑπὸ τῇ τέφρᾳ καὶ ὁ τῆσ κρανείασ καρπόσ, ᾗ φησιν Ὅμηροσ εὐωχεῖν τοὺσ τοῦ Ὀδυσσέωσ ἑταίρουσ τὴν Κίρκην, ὑφ’ ὧν ἀντέχει τρεφόμενα καὶ τὰ μέγιστα θηρία. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 74:2)
  • γῆσ δὲ τῆσ Θεσπρωτίδοσ ἔστι μέν που καὶ ἄλλα θέασ ἄξια, ἱερόν τε Διὸσ ἐν Δωδώνῃ καὶ ἱερὰ τοῦ θεοῦ φηγόσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 17 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. oak

  2. acorn

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