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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

  • ὥστε ἀφέντασ τὴν κόνιν καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον δίδασκε αὐτοὺσ τοξεύειν καὶ ἀκοντίζειν μὴ κοῦφα διδοὺσ τὰ ἀκόντια καὶ οἱᾶ διαφέρεσθαι πρὸσ τὸν ἄνεμον, ἀλλ’ ἔστω λόγχη βαρεῖα μετὰ συριγμοῦ ἑλιττομένη καὶ λίθοσ χειροπληθὴσ καὶ σάγαρισ καὶ γέρρον ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ καὶ θώραξ καὶ κράνοσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 32:5)
  • λέγοντοσ γάρ τινοσ τῶν μεγαλοτόλμων τούτων ποιητῶν, ὡσ γένοιτό ποτε τρικέφαλοσ καὶ ἑξάχειρ ἄνθρωποσ, ἂν τὸ πρῶτον ταῦτα ἀπραγμόνωσ ἀποδέξῃ μὴ ἐξετάσασ εἰ δυνατόν, ἀλλὰ πιστεύσασ, εὐθὺσ ἀκολούθωσ ἂν ἐπάγοι καὶ τὰ λοιπά, ὡσ καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺσ ὁ αὐτὸσ εἶχεν ἓξ καὶ ὦτα ἓξ καὶ φωνὰσ τρεῖσ ἅμα ἠφίει καὶ ἤσθιε διὰ τριῶν στομάτων καὶ δακτύλουσ τριάκοντα εἶχεν, οὐχ ὥσπερ ἕκαστοσ ἡμῶν δέκα ἐν ἀμφοτέραισ ἑκάστη πέλτην ἢ γέρρον ἢ ἀσπίδα εἶχον, αἱ τρεῖσ δὲ ἡ μὲν πέλεκυν κατέφερεν, ἡ δὲ λόγχην ἠφίει, ἡ δὲ τῷ ξίφει ἐχρῆτο. (Lucian, 152:1)
  • αἰεὶ δὲ προπάροιθεν ἑοῦ χροὸσ ἠύτε γέρρον νώμασκεν μακέλην· (Theocritus, Idylls, 59)
  • ἔχειν δὲ δεῖ τοὺσ ἐξιόντασ τόξα καὶ παρὰ τὴν φαρέτραν ἐν κολεῷ κοπίδα ἢ σάγαριν, ἔτι δὲ γέρρον καὶ παλτὰ δύο, ὥστε τὸ μὲν ἀφεῖναι, τῷ δ’, ἂν δέῃ, ἐκ χειρὸσ χρῆσθαι. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 10:8)
  • ἢν δέ ποι δέῃ στρατεύεσθαι, τόξα μὲν οἱ οὕτω πεπαιδευμένοι οὐκέτι ἔχοντεσ οὐδὲ παλτὰ στρατεύονται, τὰ δὲ ἀγχέμαχα ὅπλα καλούμενα, θώρακά τε περὶ τοῖσ στέρνοισ καὶ γέρρον ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ, οἱο͂́νπερ γράφονται οἱ Πέρσαι ἔχοντεσ, ἐν δὲ τῇ δεξιᾷ μάχαιραν ἢ κοπίδα. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 2 14:3)

Synonyms

  1. the wicker body of a cart

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