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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

  • φράζεσθαι δ’, εὖτ’ ἂν γεράνου φωνὴν ἐπακούσῃσ ὑψόθεν ἐκ νεφέων ἐνιαύσια κεκληγυίησ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 51:1)
  • "ἐκεῖνοσ γάρ ὡσ ἐοίκεν, ἐπιμεμφόμενοσ τὴν φύσιν εἰσ τὴν ἀπόλαυσιν ηὔξατό ποτε γεράνου τὴν φάρυγγα σχεῖν ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον ἵππον ὅλωσ ἢ βοῦν ἢ κάμηλον ἢ ἐλέφαντα δεῖ σπουδάζειν γενέσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 102)
  • καὶ περὶ τῆσ γεράνου δέ φησιν ὁ Βοῖοσ ὅτι ἦν τισ παρὰ τοῖσ Πυγμαίοισ γυνὴ διάσημοσ, ὄνομα Γεράνα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 49 2:3)
  • διὸ οἱ ὀψοφάγοι οὐκ εὔχονται τὴν γλῶτταν ἔχειν μακρὰν ἀλλὰ τὸν φάρυγγα γεράνου, ὥσπερ Φιλόξενοσ ὁ Ἐρύξιδοσ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 68:1)
  • ἀλλὰ τῆσ γεράνου σοφὸν ἡ τοῦ λίθου περίδραξισ, ὅπωσ προϊεμένη πυκνὸν ἐξυπνίζηται. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 29 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. a type of dance

  2. a type of fish

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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