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φῶς

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: φῶς φωτός

Structure: φωτ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: used by Poets, just like a)nh/r

Sense

  1. man, mortal

Declension

Third 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

  • Ἰωνάθαν δὲ καὶ οἱ παῤ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ἕωσ πρωί̈, ἔβλεπον γὰρ τὰ φῶτα καιόμενα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:29)
  • τῷ ποιήσαντι φῶτα μεγάλα μόνῳ, ὅτι εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεοσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 135:7)
  • ἐπέβλεψα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐθέν, καὶ εἰσ τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ οὐκ ἦν τὰ φῶτα αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 4:23)
  • καὶ ὁ περίπατοσ κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν κατὰ τὰ μέτρα ἐξεδρῶν τῶν πρὸσ βορρᾶν καὶ κατὰ τὸ μῆκοσ αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ τὸ εὖροσ αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ πάσασ τὰσ ἐξόδουσ αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ πάσασ τὰσ ἐπιστροφὰσ αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ τά φῶτα αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ τὰ θυρώματα αὐτῶν (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 42:11)
  • τὸν μὲν χειρότερον, τὸν δ’ αὖ μέγ’ ἀμείνονα φῶτα, δεινόν τε κρατερόν τε, βίην Ἡρακληείην· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 3:7)

Synonyms

  1. man

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