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γάιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γάιος γάιη γάιον

Structure: γαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. on land

Declension

First/Second 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

  • τρὶσ μὲν ἐμῷ ὑπὸ δουρὶ τυπεὶσ ἠρείσατο γαίῃ οὐταμένου σάκεοσ, τὸ δὲ τέτρατον ἤλασα μηρὸν παντὶ μένει σπεύδων, διὰ δὲ μέγα σαρκὸσ ἄραξα. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 33:8)
  • ἔφησθα γὰρ αὐτὸσ μὲν τὴν σειρὰν καθήσειν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, τοὺσ θεοὺσ δὲ ἅμα πάντασ, εἰ βούλοιντο, ἐκκρεμαμένουσ κατασπᾶν βιάσεσθαι οὐ μὴν κατασπάσειν γε, σὺ ^ δέ, ὁπόταν ἐθελήσῃσ, ῥᾳδίωσ ἅπαντασ αὐτῇ κεν γαίῃ ἐρύσαι αὐτῇ τε θαλάσσῃ. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 4:5)
  • καὶ τοὺσ μὲν πόλεμόσ τε κακὸσ καὶ φύλοπισ αἰνή, τοὺσ μὲν ὑφ’ ἑπταπύλῳ Θήβῃ, Καδμηίδι γαίῃ, ὤλεσε μαρναμένουσ μήλων ἕνεκ’ Οἰδιπόδαο, τοὺσ δὲ καὶ ἐν νήεσσιν ὑπὲρ μέγα λαῖτμα θαλάσσησ ἐσ Τροίην ἀγαγὼν Ἑλένησ ἕνεκ’ ἠυκόμοιο. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 20:2)
  • ἦλθε δὲ νύκτ’ ἐπάγων μέγασ Οὐρανόσ, ἀμφὶ δὲ Γαίῃ ἱμείρων φιλότητοσ ἐπέσχετο καί ῥ’ ἐτανύσθη πάντη· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 22:1)
  • αὖτισ δ’ αὖ Θαύμαντα μέγαν καὶ ἀγήνορα Φόρκυν Γαίῃ μισγόμενοσ καὶ Κητὼ καλλιπάρῃον Εὐρυβίην τ’ ἀδάμαντοσ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θυμὸν ἔχουσαν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 27:3)

Synonyms

  1. on land

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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