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φυγή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φυγή φυγῆς

Structure: φυγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: feu/gw

Sense

  1. flight, retreat, escape
  2. exile, banishment

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φυγή φυγᾱ́ φυγαί
Genitive φυγῆς φυγαῖν φυγῶν
Dative φυγῇ φυγαῖν φυγαῖς
Accusative φυγήν φυγᾱ́ φυγᾱ́ς
Vocative φυγή φυγᾱ́ φυγαί

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

  • τάλαιναι κόραι τάλαιναι Φρυγῶν, ὦ κατάρατοι, ποῖ καί με φυγᾷ πτώσσουσι μυχῶν; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric4)
  • ἔμολεσ ἔμολεσ, ὤ, χρόνιοσ ἁμέρα, κατέλαμψασ, ἔδειξασ ἐμφανῆ πόλει πυρσόν, ὃσ παλαιᾷ φυγᾷ πατρίων ἀπὸ δωμάτων τάλασ ἀλαίνων ἔβα. (Euripides, episode, lyric1)
  • φυγᾷ δὲ ποδὶ τὸ χρυσεοσάνδαλον ἴχνοσ ἔφερεν ἔφερεν· (Euripides, episode, lyric 2:21)
  • τελευταῖαι δ’ ἐπηλάλαξαν Ἀραὶ τὸν ὀξὺν νόμον, τετραμμένου παντρόπῳ φυγᾷ γένουσ. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 44)
  • βαῖνε φυγᾷ πρὸσ ἀλκάν· (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode, lyric11)

Synonyms

  1. flight

  2. exile

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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