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φωνή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φωνή φωνῆς

Structure: φων (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: fa/w

Sense

  1. sound
  2. Usually human of the human voice: voice cry, yell
  3. The voice or cry of animals
  4. Any articulate sound (especially vowels)
  5. speech, discourse
  6. language

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

  • ἀπὸ φωνῶν ὑδάτων πολλῶν θαυμαστοὶ οἱ μετεωρισμοὶ τῆσ θαλάσσησ, θαυμαστὸσ ἐν ὑψηλοῖσ ὁ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 92:4)
  • κλαίων γ’ ἂν ἦλθεσ, εἴ σε μὴ ’πεμψεν πόλισ, περισσὰ φωνῶν· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 2:19)
  • ’ Κίνδων δὲ ὁ ὀψοφάγοσ καὶ Δημύλοσ ὀψοφάγοσ δὲ καὶ οὗτοσ γλαύκου παρατεθέντοσ, ἄλλου δ’ οὐδενόσ, ὁ μὲν τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν κατελάβετο, καὶ ὁ Δημύλοσ ἐπὶ τὸν ἐκείνου ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπιβαλὼν ἐβιάζετο φωνῶν ἄφεσ καὶ ἀφήσω. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 35 1:2)
  • καλεῖ δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ Ἀστεροπαῖόν τινα ἐπ’ ἴσησ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν φωνῶν προιστάμενον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4 1:2)
  • δὲ φωνῶ σοι τὸ ὦ τῶν ἑπτὰ φωνῶν, ἑπτὰ δ’ ἐν μέτροισ μόνον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 79 3:5)

Synonyms

  1. sound

  2. speech

  3. language

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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