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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

  • καὶ αὐτῶν δὲ τῶν πολεμικῶν περιελὼν καὶ τὸ τόξῳ μελετᾶν καὶ ἀκοντίῳ κατέλιπε τοῦτο μόνον αὐτοῖσ τὸ σὺν μαχαίρᾳ καὶ γέρρῳ καὶ θώρακι μάχεσθαι· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 1 26:3)
  • ὁπλίζονται δὲ γέρρῳ ῥομβοειδεῖ, παρὰ δὲ τὰσ φαρέτρασ σαγάρεισ ἔχουσι καὶ κοπίδασ, περὶ δὲ τῇ κεφαλῇ πίλημα πυργωτόν, θώραξ δ’ ἐστὶν αὐτοῖσ φολιδωτόσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 3 38:4)

Synonyms

  1. the wicker body of a cart

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