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φωλάς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φωλάς φωλάδος

Structure: φωλαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = fwleu/ousa

Sense

  1. lurking in a hole, lying torpid in its cave
  2. full of lurking places

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φωλάς φωλάδε φωλάδες
Genitive φωλάδος φωλάδοιν φωλάδων
Dative φωλάδι φωλάδοιν φωλάσιν*
Accusative φωλάδα φωλάδε φωλάδας
Vocative φωλά φωλάδε φωλάδες

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

  • ἀλλά με ναρκίσσοισ ἀναδήσατε, καὶ πλαγιαύλων γεύσατε, καὶ κροκίνοισ χρίσατε γυῖα μύροισ, καὶ Μυτιληναίῳ τὸν πνεύμονα τέγξατε Βάκχῳ, καὶ συζεύξατέ μοι φωλάδα παρθενικήν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 34 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. full of lurking places

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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