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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

  • καὶ ὁ μὲν Ἰάσων ὁ τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφὸν ὑπονοθεύσασ, ὑπονοθευθεὶσ ὑφ̓ ἑτέρου, φυγὰσ εἰσ τὴν Ἀμμανῖτιν χώραν συνήλαστο. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:26)
  • τῆσ μὲν ἀρχῆσ οὐκ ἐκράτησε, τὸ δὲ τέλοσ τῆσ ἐπιβουλῆσ αἰσχύνην λαβών, φυγὰσ πάλιν εἰσ τὴν Ἀμμανῖτιν ἀπῆλθε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 5:7)
  • ἄνδρα τὸν ἐν αἰτίᾳ φόνου ὁ ἐγγυώμενοσ, φυγὰσ ἔσται καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 28:17)
  • Σίμων γάρ τισ πρὸσ Ὀνίαν ἀντιπολιτευόμενοσ τόν ποτε τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην ἔχοντα διά βίου, καλὸν καὶ ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα, ἐπειδὴ πάντα τρόπον διαβάλλων ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἔθνουσ οὐκ ἴσχυσε κακῶσαι, φυγὰσ ᾤχετο τὴν πατρίδα προδώσων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 4:1)
  • ἐκλείπω σ’ ἐπὶ δυστυχίᾳ φυγὰσ ἐκ θαλάμων. (Euripides, episode, anapests2)

Synonyms

  1. flight

  2. exile

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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