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φύξιον?

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: phyxion

Principal Part: φύξιον φύξιου

Structure: φυξι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. a place of refuge

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

  • Δευκαλίων δὲ ἐν τῇ λάρνακι διὰ τῆς θαλάσσης φερόμενος <ἐφ> ἡμέρας ἐννέα καὶ νύκτας <τὰς> ἴσας τῷ Παρνασῷ προσίσχει, κἀκεῖ τῶν ὄμβρων παῦλαν λαβόντων ἐκβὰς θύει Διὶ φυξίῳ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 7 2:6)
  • ὁ δὲ τὸν χρυσόμαλλον κριὸν Διὶ θύει φυξίῳ, τὸ δὲ τούτου δέρας Αἰήτῃ δίδωσιν: (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 1:13)
  • τὸν μὲν ἔπειτ ἔρρεξεν ἑῇς ὑποθημοσύνῃσιν Φυξίῳ ἐκ πάντων Κρονίδῃ Διί. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 19:13)
  • ἐγγύθι δ αἰθαλόεντα πελεν βωμοῖο θέμεθλα, ὅν ῥά ποτ Αἰολίδης Διὶ Φυξίῳ εἵσατο Φρίξος, ῥέζων κεῖνο τέρας παγχρύσεον, ὥς οἱ ἐείπεν Ἑρμείας πρόφρων ξυμβλήμενος. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 3:3)
  • αὐτίκα δ ἔγνω Κίρκη φύξιον οἶτον ἀλιτροσύνας τε φόνοιο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 12:9)
  • τὸν δὲ Φίλιον καὶ Ἱκέσιον καὶ Ξένιον καὶ Φύξιον καὶ πάντα τὰτοιαῦτα ἁπλῶς ἡ φιλανθρωπία καὶ τὸ χρηστὸν ἐμφαινόμενα προσομοιοῖ: (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 99:6)
  • παραγενόμενοι δ ἐπὶ τὸ Φύξιον καλούμενον τοὺς μὲν εὐζώνους καὶ τοὺς ἱππεῖς ἐφῆκαν εἰς τὴν καταδρομήν, τὰ δὲ βαρέα τῶν ὅπλων ἔκρυψαν περὶ τὸν προειρημένον τόπον. (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 95 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. a place of refuge

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

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