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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 μὴν ὁρῶ καὶ τούσδε τοὺσ αὐτόχθονασ ὥσπερ παλαιστὰσ ἄνδρασ ἀπὸ τῶν γαστέρων θαἰμάτι’ ἀποστέλλοντασ· (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, anapests10)
  • γενομένου δὲ τούτου οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν καταληφθέντεσ ὑπὸ τῶν Κελτῶν ἀπώλοντο, οἱ δὲ καὶ εἰσ τοὺσ ποταμοὺσ αὑτοὺσ ἔρριψαν, ἀκράτορεσ τῶν γαστέρων γενόμενοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 60 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. belly

  2. womb

  3. stomach

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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