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φθόγγος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φθόγγος φθόγγου

Structure: φθογγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a sound or voice

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

  • ἔπνεε τερπνὰ ἡδυμελεῖ φθόγγῳ μοῦσα Σιμωνίδεω· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5711)
  • ἐν δὲ κιθαριστοῦ τελέωσ μεμαθηκέναι μῶν ἄλλο τι ἦν ἢ τὸ τῷ φθόγγῳ ἑκάστῳ δύνασθαι ἐπακολουθεῖν, ποίασ χορδῆσ εἰή· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 387:6)
  • ἡ μὲν ἄρ’ ὣσ ἔρξασ’ ἀπεβήσετο δῖα θεάων, ἦλθον δ’ ἀμφίπολοι λευκώλενοι ἐκ μεγάροιο φθόγγῳ ἐπερχόμεναι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 33:6)

Synonyms

  1. a sound or voice

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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