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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

  • Ὁ δέ, ὡσ αἵ τε διφθέραι αὐτῷ παρεσκευασμέναι ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῷ πόρῳ καὶ ὁ στρατὸσ ἐξωπλισμένοσ ἐφειστήκει τῷ ποταμῷ, αἵ τε μηχαναὶ ἀπὸ ξυνθήματοσ ἐξηκόντιζον ἐσ τοὺσ Σκύθασ παριππεύοντασ ἐπὶ τῇ ὄχθῃ καὶ ἔστιν οἳ αὐτῶν ἐτιτρώσκοντο ἐκ τῶν βελῶν, εἷσ δὲ δὴ διὰ τοῦ γέρρου τε καὶ τοῦ θώρακοσ διαμπὰξ πληγεὶσ πίπτει ἀπὸ τοῦ ἵππου, οἱ μὲν ἐξεπλάγησαν πρόσ τε τῶν βελῶν τὴν διὰ μακροῦ ἄφεσιν καὶ ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸσ αὐτοῖσ τετελευτήκει, καὶ ὀλίγον ἀνεχώρησαν ἀπὸ τῆσ ὄχθησ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 4, chapter 4 4:1)
  • πέρην δὲ τοῦ Γέρρου ταῦτα δὴ τὰ καλεύμενα βασιλήια ἐστὶ καὶ Σκύθαι οἱ ἄριστοί τε καὶ πλεῖστοι καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ νομίζοντεσ Σκύθασ δούλουσ σφετέρουσ εἶναι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 20 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. the wicker body of a cart

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