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γαστήρ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γαστήρ γαστέρος

Structure: γαστερ (Stem)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. belly
  2. womb
  3. stomach, appetite

Declension

Third 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

  • καὶ εἰσελεύσεται τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐπικαταρώμενον τοῦτο εἰσ τὴν κοιλίαν σου πρῆσαι γαστέρα καὶ διαπεσεῖν μηρόν σου. καὶ ἐρεῖ ἡ γυνή. γένοιτο, γένοιτο. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 5:22)
  • εἴ πωσ πληρῶσαι γαστέρα αὐτοῦ, ἐπαποστεῖλαι ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν θυμὸν ὀργῆσ, νίψαι ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν ὀδύνασ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 20:23)
  • ὦ ἄξιε τῆσ ἱερωσύνησ ἱερεῦ, οὐκ ἐμίανασ τοὺσ ἱεροὺσ ὀδόντασ οὐδὲ τὴν θεοσέβειαν καὶ καθαρισμὸν νόμιμον χωρήσασαν γαστέρα ἐκοινώνησασ μιαροφαγίᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 7:6)
  • μετὰ δὲ ἐπεὶ πάντασ ὁ γέλωσ κατεῖχε καὶ οὐδεὶσ ὅστισ οὐ τὴν γαστέρα ἤλγει βρασσόμενοσ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ, ἔγνωσαν ἀναπόμπιμον ἐσ τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἐκπέμψαι τὴν δίκην. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 12:3)
  • καὶ ἢν ἰδοὺ ἀράμενοσ ἐκεινοσὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἐκ τοῖν σκελοῖν ἀφῆκεν εἰσ τὸ ἔδαφοσ, εἶτ’ ἐπικαταπεσὼν ἀνακύπτειν οὐκ ἐᾷ, συνωθῶν κάτω εἰσ τὸν πηλὸν τέλοσ δὲ ἤδη περιπλέξασ αὐτῷ τὰ σκέλη κατὰ τὴν γαστέρα τὸν πῆχυν ὑποβαλὼν τῷ λαιμῷ ἄγχει ἄθλιον, ὁ δὲ παρακροτεῖ εἰσ τὸν ὦμον, ἱκετεύων οἶμαι, ὡσ μὴ τέλεον ἀποπνιγείη. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. belly

  2. womb

  3. stomach

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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