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γαῖα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γαῖα γαίᾱς

Structure: γαι (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: poet. for gh=

Sense

  1. (poetic) land, country
  2. earth (material)
  3. earth (element)
  4. the Earth (see Γαῖα)

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

  • γαῖα δὲ δακρύσαντι χαριζομένη βασιλῆι ἄνθοσ ἀνηέξησε, παραίφασιν Ἀπόλλωνοσ, ἄνθοσ ἀριζήλοιο φερώνυμον ἡβητῆροσ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1116)
  • Ἀδμήτῳ δέ τινι ποιητῇ φαύλῳ λέγοντι γεγραφέναι μονόστιχον ἐπίγραμμα, ὅπερ ἐν ταῖσ διαθήκαισ κεκέλευκεν ἐπιγραφῆναι αὑτοῦ τῇ στήλῃ ‐ ‐ οὐ χεῖρον δὲ καὶ αὐτὸ εἰπεῖν, Γαῖα λάβ’ Ἀδμήτου ἔλυτρον, βῆ δ’ εἰσ θεὸν αὐτόσ ‐ γελάσασ εἶπεν, Οὕτω καλόν ἐστιν, ὦ Ἄδμητε, τὸ ἐπίγραμμα, ὥστε ἐβουλόμην αὐτὸ ἤδη ἐπιγεγράφθαι. (Lucian, (no name) 44:1)
  • περιστονάχησε δὲ γαῖα. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 32:5)
  • τοιῷ[δ’ ὑπερθύ]μῳ σ[θένε]ι γυια[λκέα σώ]ματα [πρὸσ γ]αίᾳ πελάσσασ ἵκετ’ [Ἀσωπὸ]ν παρὰ πορφυροδίναν, τοῦ κ[λέοσ π]ᾶσαν χθόνα ἦλθε[ν καὶ] ἐπ’ ἔσχατα Νείλου· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 5:1)
  • οὐκ εἶδέ νιν ἀέλιοσ κείνῳ γε σὺν ἄματι πρὸσ γαίᾳ πεσόντα. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. land

  2. earth

  3. earth

  4. the Earth

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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