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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 γαστέρι δ’ οὔπωσ ἐστὶ νέκυν πενθῆσαι Ἀχαιούσ. (Lucian, (no name) 22:5)
  • οὐ γάρ τι στυγερῇ ἐπὶ γαστέρι κύντερον ἄλλο ἔπλετο, ἣ τ’ ἐκέλευσεν ἑό μνήσασθαι ἀνάγκῃ καὶ μάλα τειρόμενον καὶ ἐνιπλησθῆναι ἀνώγει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 3 1:3)
  • σάλπαι τ’ ἰσομήκεεσ ἰχθῦσ, ἅσ τε βόασ πορκῆεσ ἁλίζωοι καλέουσιν, οὕνεκα γαστέρι φῦκοσ ἀεὶ ἀλέουσιν ὀδοῦσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 118 2:1)
  • ἀλλά με πικρὴ δῆτα καὶ ἀάτοσ ἴσχει ἀνάγκη μίμνειν καὶ μίμνοντα κακῇ ἐνὶ γαστέρι θέσθαι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 4:14)
  • χόρτον ἐμῇ συνεχῶσ δότε γαστέρι, ἥτε μοι αἰεὶ χωρὶσ δουλοσύνησ λιτὸν ἔθηκε βίον. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 3)

Synonyms

  1. belly

  2. womb

  3. stomach

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