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φόνευμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: φόνευμα φόνευματος

Structure: φονευματ (Stem)

Etym.: foneu/w

Sense

  1. that which is destined for slaughter

Declension

Third 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

  • γάλακτι δ’ οὐκ ἐπέσχον, οὐδὲ μαστῷ τροφεῖα ματρὸσ οὐδὲ λουτρὰ χειροῖν, ἀνὰ δ’ ἄντρον ἔρημον οἰωνῶν γαμφηλαῖσ φόνευμα θοίναμά τ’ εἰσ Αἵδαν ἐκβάλλῃ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 1:23)

Similar forms

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

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