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γέρρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γέρρον γέρρου

Structure: γερρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ei)/rw

Sense

  1. anything made of wicker-work, an oblong shield, covered with ox-hide, such as the Persians used
  2. wattled screens or booths, used in the Athens marketplace
  3. the wicker body of a cart
  4. penthouse
  5. rod, stake, dart

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

  • τρεῖσ γὰρ ἅμα καὶ τέσσαρεσ περὶ μίαν τῶν Ἀντωνίου συνείχοντο, γέρροισ καὶ δόρασι καὶ κοντοῖσ χρωμένων καὶ πυροβόλοισ· (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 66 2:4)
  • ξύλοισ δὲ ἐχρῶντο μικρὸν προϊόντεσ ἀπὸ τῆσ φάλαγγοσ, οὗ ἡ μάχη ἐγένετο, τοῖσ τε οἰστοῖσ πολλοῖσ οὖσιν, οὓσ ἠνάγκαζον οἱ Ἕλληνεσ ἐκβάλλειν τοὺσ αὐτομολοῦντασ παρὰ βασιλέωσ, καὶ τοῖσ γέρροισ καὶ ταῖσ ἀσπίσι ταῖσ ξυλίναισ ταῖσ Αἰγυπτίαισ· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 1 8:3)
  • διὰ δὲ ταῦτα μηδενὸσ τῶν περιβόλων ἐπιβῆναι τολμῶντοσ προσῆγον ἕτεροι τὸν κριὸν γέρροισ τε διηνεκέσι καὶ καθύπερθεν πεφραγμένον δέρρει πρόσ τε αὐτῶν καὶ τοῦ μηχανήματοσ ἀσφάλειαν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 271:1)
  • ἐν δὲ τοῖσ ἀγῶσιν ἔτυπτον τὰσ βύρσασ τὰσ περιτεταμένασ τοῖσ γέρροισ τῶν ἁρμαμαξῶν, ὥστ’ ἀποτελεῖσθαι ψόφον ἐξαίσιον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 2 6:8)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ τῆσ κλίμακοσ ἄκρασ ὑπάρχει πέτευρον ἠσφαλισμένον γέρροισ τὰσ τρεῖσ ἐπιφανείασ, ἐφ’ οὗ τέτταρεσ ἄνδρεσ ἐπιβεβηκότεσ ἀγωνίζονται, διαμαχόμενοι πρὸσ τοὺσ εἴργοντασ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπάλξεων τὴν πρόσθεσιν τῆσ σαμβύκησ. (Polybius, Histories, book 8, chapter 4 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. the wicker body of a cart

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