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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

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

  • αἰαῖ, δέδοκται, πρέσβυ, τλήμονεσ φυγαί. (Euripides, episode 6:10)
  • οὔτε φυγαὶ τοσαίδε ἀνθρώπων καὶ φόνοσ ὃ μὲν κατ’ αὐτὸν τὸν πόλεμον, ὃ δὲ διὰ τὸ στασιάζειν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 20 3:6)
  • ὅπλων ἦσαν ἧτται καὶ ἵππων καὶ μάχαι καὶ φόνοι καὶ φυγαὶ ἀνδρῶν. (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 7 5:1)
  • αἱ γὰρ τοιαῦται φυγαὶ καὶ διακρούσεισ, ἐν ἐλαφραῖσ μέμψεσι τὴν μελέτην ἔχουσαι τοῦ ἀδυσωπήτου, προεθίζουσιν ἡμᾶσ ἐπὶ τὰ μείζονα. (Plutarch, De vitioso pudore, section 5 4:1)
  • καὶ τὸ μὲν ἀριστερὸν κέρασ εὐθὺσ ἐμβαλόντεσ εἰσ τὸν ποταμὸν οἱ Κελτοὶ διέφθειραν τὸ δὲ δεξιὸν ὑπεκκλῖναν τήν ἐπιφορὰν ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου πρὸσ τοὺσ λόφουσ ἧττον ἐξεκόπη καὶ διεξέπεσον ἀπὸ τούτων εἰσ τήν πόλιν οἱ πολλοί, τοῖσ δ’ ἄλλοισ, ὅσοι τῶν πολεμίων ἀπειπόντων πρὸσ τὸν φόνον ἐσώθησαν, εἰσ Οὐηϊούσ αἱ φυγαὶ διὰ νυκτὸσ ἦσαν, ὡσ τῆσ Ῥώμησ οἰχομένησ καὶ τῶν ἐκεῖ πάντων ἀπολωλότων. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 18 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. flight

  2. exile

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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