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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φῶς φῶτε φῶτα
Genitive φωτός φωτοῖν φωτῶν
Dative φωτί φωτοῖν φωσίν*
Accusative φῶς φῶτε φῶτα
Vocative φῶς φῶτε φῶτα

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 εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. γενηθήτω φῶσ. καὶ ἐγένετο φῶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:3)
  • καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸ φῶσ, ὅτι καλόν. καὶ διεχώρισεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ φωτὸσ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σκότουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:4)
  • καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸ φῶσ ἡμέραν καὶ τὸ σκότοσ ἐκάλεσε νύκτα. καὶ ἐγένετο ἑσπέρα καὶ ἐγένετο πρωί̈, ἡμέρα μία. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:5)
  • καὶ οὐκ εἶδεν οὐδεὶσ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ τρεῖσ ἡμέρασ, καὶ οὐκ ἐξανέστη οὐδεὶσ ἐκ τῆσ κοίτησ αὐτοῦ τρεῖσ ἡμέρασ. πᾶσι δὲ τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραὴλ φῶσ ἦν ἐν πᾶσιν, οἷσ κατεγίνοντο. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:23)

Synonyms

  1. man

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