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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γαῖα γαίᾱ γαῖαι
Genitive γαίᾱς γαίαιν γαιῶν
Dative γαίᾱͅ γαίαιν γαίαις
Accusative γαῖαν γαίᾱ γαίᾱς
Vocative γαῖα γαίᾱ γαῖαι

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

  • υσ ἵνα κ[ ]γαίασ Ἰσθμί[ασ ]ν, εὐβούλου ν̣ (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 1 1:4)
  • οὔ νιν κορυφαὶ μεγάλασ ἴσχουσι γαίασ, οὐδ’ ἁλὸσ ἀκαμάτασ δυσπαίπαλα κύματα· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 2:2)
  • ἐγὼ πρὸ γαίασ τόνδε κίνδυνον θέλω ῥίψασ κατόπτησ ναῦσ ἐπ’ Ἀργείων μολεῖν, καὶ πάντ’ Ἀχαιῶν ἐκμαθὼν βουλεύματα ἥξω· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic15)
  • οὐκ εἶσι γαίασ ἐσ μελάγχιμον πέδον· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 4:9)
  • ἃ φθιμένουσ παῖδασ ἐμοὺσ οὔτε δόμοισ προθέμαν οὔτε τάφων χώματα γαίασ ἐσορῶ. (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, antistrophe 13)

Synonyms

  1. land

  2. earth

  3. earth

  4. the Earth

Related

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