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γέρανος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γέρανος γεράνου

Structure: γεραν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a crane, Grus cinerea
  2. a crane (instrument for lifting)
  3. a type of dance
  4. a type of fish

Declension

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

  • ἐκ μέν γε Λιβύησ ἧκον ὡσ τρισμύριαι γέρανοι θεμελίουσ καταπεπωκυῖαι λίθουσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene15)
  • "γέρανοι, χελῶναι, γλαῦκεσ, ἰκτῖνοι, λαγοί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 629)
  • "γέρανοι, κορῶναι, γλαῦκεσ, ἰκτῖνοι, λαγοί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 6216)
  • ἰκτῖνοι δὲ καὶ χελιδόνεσ δι’ ἔτεοσ ἐόντεσ οὐκ ἀπολείπουσι, γέρανοι δὲ φεύγουσαι τὸν χειμῶνα τὸν ἐν τῇ Σκυθικῇ χώρῃ γινόμενον φοιτῶσι ἐσ χειμασίην ἐσ τοὺσ τόπουσ τούτουσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 22 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. a type of dance

  2. a type of fish

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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