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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 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 ἄρχειν τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ τῆσ νυκτὸσ καὶ διαχωρίζειν ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ φωτὸσ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σκότουσ. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι καλόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:18)
  • καὶ τὴν λυχνίαν τοῦ φωτὸσ καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτῆς (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 35:16)
  • καὶ τοὺσ λύχνουσ αὐτῆσ, λύχνουσ τῆσ καύσεωσ, καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τοῦ φωτὸσ (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 39:17)
  • ἐπίσκοποσ Ἐλεάζαρ υἱὸσ Ἀαρὼν τοῦ ἱερέωσ. τὸ ἔλαιον τοῦ φωτὸσ καὶ τὸ θυμίαμα τῆσ συνθέσεωσ καὶ ἡ θυσία ἡ καθ’ ἡμέραν καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τῆσ χρίσεωσ, ἡ ἐπισκοπὴ ὅλησ τῆσ σκηνῆσ καὶ ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῇ ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ, ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ ἔργοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 4:16)

Synonyms

  1. man

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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