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φῦλον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φῦλον φύλου

Structure: φυλ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: fu/w

Sense

  1. a set of people or other beings
  2. sex (male/female)
  3. nation, race, tribe

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

  • ἐπειδὴ καὶ τούτων ἑκατέρου τοῦ φύλου τὴν τάξιν οἶσθα, ἤδη ποτ’ ἐπεσκέψω, εἰσ ποτέραν τῶν τάξεων τούτων σαυτὸν δικαίωσ ἂν τάττοισ; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 1 8:5)
  • ὁ δὲ Λυκοῦργοσ ἐσθῆτασ μὲν καὶ δούλασ παρέχειν ἱκανὰσ ἡγήσατο εἶναι, ταῖσ δ’ ἐλευθέραισ μέγιστον νομίσασ εἶναι τὴν τεκνοποιίαν πρῶτον μὲν σωμασκεῖν ἔταξεν οὐδὲν ἧττον τὸ θῆλυ τοῦ ἄρρενοσ φύλου· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 6:1)
  • ἔχουσι δ’ αὐτοὺσ Κερρητανοὶ τὸ πλέον τοῦ Ἰβηρικοῦ φύλου, παρ’ οἷσ πέρναι διάφοροι συντίθενται ταῖσ Κανταβρικαῖσ ἐνάμιλλοι, πρόσοδον οὐ μικρὰν τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ παρέχουσαι. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 4 22:2)
  • ἁπλῶσ γὰρ εἰπεῖν, οἱ Ἀκυιτανοὶ διαφέρουσι τοῦ Γαλατικοῦ φύλου κατά τε τὰσ τῶν σωμάτων κατασκευὰσ καὶ κατὰ τὴν γλῶτταν, ἐοίκασι δὲ μᾶλλον Ἴβηρσιν. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 2 2:2)
  • τούτου δ’ εἰσὶ τοῦ φύλου καὶ Ληπόντιοι καὶ Καμοῦνοι. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 6 16:6)

Synonyms

  1. sex

  2. nation

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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