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γένῡς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γένῡς γένυος

Structure: γενῡ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. jaw
  2. mouth
  3. edge of an axe

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

  • ὧσ τοῖσι παρήιά τ’ ἀμφοτέρωθεν καὶ γένυεσ κτύπεον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 2:15)
  • Ξυμβάλλειν δέ τι ἧσσον οὗτοι τὸ στόμα δύνανται‧ καὶ γὰρ προπετέστεραι αἱ γένυεσ τούτοισιν, ἀστραβέεσ δέ‧ τὸ δὲ ἀστραβὲσ μάλιστ’ ἂν γνοίησ τοῖσιν ὁρίοισι τῶν ὀδόντων, τῶν τε ἄνω καὶ τῶν κάτω κατ’ ἴξιν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 31.2)

Synonyms

  1. jaw

  2. mouth

  3. edge of an axe

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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