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φόβη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φόβη

Structure: φοβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a lock or curl of hair
  2. the mane
  3. the tresses, foliage

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

  • εὖ δ’ ἡμῖν λέγειν ἔδοξε, θάμνων δ’ ἐλλοχίζομεν φόβαισ κρύψαντεσ αὑτούσ· (Euripides, episode, trochees 5:4)
  • Πανὶ Βίτων χίμαρον, Νύμφαισ ῥόδα, θύρσα Λυαίῳ, τρισσὸν ὑπ’ εὐπετάλοισ δῶρον ἔθηκε φόβαισ δαίμονεσ ἀλλὰ δέχοισθε κεχαρμένοι, αὔξετε δ’ αἰεὶ Πὰν ἀγέλην, Νύμφαι πίδακα, Βάκχε γάνοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1581)

Synonyms

  1. a lock or curl of hair

  2. the mane

  3. the tresses

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

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