γαῖα
First declension Noun; Feminine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
γαῖα
γαίᾱς
Structure:
γαι
(Stem)
+
α
(Ending)
Etym.: poet. for gh=
Sense
- (poetic) land, country
- earth (material)
- earth (element)
- 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.
- 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
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land
-
earth
-
earth
-
the Earth
