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φώκη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φώκη φώκης

Structure: φωκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. seal

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

  • καὶ μὴν αἱ φῶκαι τίκτουσι μὲν ἐν τῷ ξηρῷ, κατὰ μικρὸν δὲ προάγουσαι τὰ σκυμνία γεύουσι τῆσ θαλάττησ καὶ ταχὺ πάλιν ἐξάγουσι καὶ τοῦτο πολλάκισ ποιοῦσιν ἐν μέρει, μέχρι ἂν οὕτωσ ἐθιζόμενα θαρρήσῃ καὶ στέρξῃ τὴν ἔναλον δίαιταν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 34 4:1)
  • ἀμφὶ δέ μιν φῶκαι νέποδεσ καλῆσ ἁλοσύδνησ ἁθρόαι εὕδουσιν, πολιῆσ ἁλὸσ ἐξαναδῦσαι, πικρὸν ἀποπνείουσαι ἁλὸσ πολυβενθέοσ ὀδμήν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 44:4)
  • φῶκαι δ’ ἐξ ἁλὸσ ἦλθον ἀολλέεσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 46:13)
  • ἐκπίπτουσι γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ πελάγουσ ὑπερμεγέθεισ οὐ μόνον σκορπίοι καὶ μύραιναι καὶ κύνεσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ φῶκαι καὶ πολλὰ τοιαῦτα ξένα καὶ ταῖσ ὄψεσι καὶ ταῖσ προσηγορίαισ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 15 6:2)
  • καὶ τὸ πάντων θαυμασιώτατον, φῶκαι τοῖσ γένεσι τούτοισ συνδιατρίβουσαι θήραν ποιοῦνται τῶν ἰχθύων καθ’ αὑτὰσ παραπλησίωσ ἀνθρώποισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 18 7:1)
  • ἦν δὲ Φωκαὶ̈ τὸ γένοσ, Ἑρμοτίμου θυγάτηρ· (Plutarch, , chapter 24 7:2)
  • πουλύποδεσ δ’ ἐν ἐμοὶ θαλάμασ φῶκαί τε μέλαιναι οἰκία ποιήσονται ἀκηδέα, χήτεϊ λαῶν. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , part 5:8)

Synonyms

  1. seal

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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