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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

  • τοὔνεκα μηρύσασθε διάβροχα, πείσματα ναῦται, ἕλκετε δ’ ἀγκύρασ φωλάδασ ἐκ λιμένων· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 2 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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