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φήνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φήνη

Structure: φην (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. sea-eagle

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

  • φέρ’ εἰ Λακεδαιμονίων τισ ἐκπλεύσασ σκάφει ἀπέδοτο φήνασ κυνίδιον Σεριφίων, καθῆσθ’ ἂν ἐν δόμοισιν; (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics 2:1)
  • ὅστισ γὰρ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον περὶ πλείονοσ τῆσ πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ πίστεωσ ἡγεῖται καὶ μήθ’ ὁρ́κου μήτ’ αἰσχύνησ μήτε δικαίου πλείω λόγον ἢ τοῦ λαμβάνειν ποιεῖται, οὗτοσ ἀποδώσεται τὸ καθ’ αὑτὸν τὴν Μουνιχίαν, ἂν ἔχῃ τὸν ὠνησόμενον, οὗτοσ ἐξαγγελεῖ τοῖσ πολεμίοισ σύνθημα φήνασ καθ’ ὑμῶν, οὗτοσ προδώσει τὴν πεζὴν καὶ ναυτικὴν δύναμιν. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 11:1)
  • ἡγείσθω μὲν αὐτὸσ Ἀσκληπιὸσ ὁ φήνασ τὸ ὄναρ, ἡγείσθω δὲ Διόνυσοσ αὐτὸσ, ᾧ χορεῦσαι δεῖ, Ἀπόλλων τε μουσηγέτησ, τοῦ μὲν πατὴρ, τοῦ δὲ ἀδελφὸσ, ὡσ λόγοσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. sea-eagle

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

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