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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

  • διὸ καὶ προθέμενοι πολλὰ τῶν γέρρων ἐτόξευον εἰσ τοὺσ Λακεδαιμονίουσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 18 3:1)
  • καὶ μέροσ μέν τι τῶν πλησίον τοῦ τείχουσ γέρρων καὶ ἑνὸσ τῶν πύργων τῶν ξυλίνων κατεκαύθη, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα διεφύλαξαν οἱ περὶ Φιλώταν τε καὶ Ἑλλάνικον, οἷσ ἡ φυλακὴ αὐτῶν ἐπετέτραπτο· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 21 5:3)
  • ἐνταῦθα δὴ οἱ μὲν ἔβαλλον ταῖσ βώλοισ καὶ ἔστιν οἳ ἐτύγχανον καὶ θωράκων καὶ γέρρων, οἱ δὲ καὶ μηροῦ καὶ κνημῖδοσ. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 3 22:2)
  • τά τε γὰρ δόρατα ἰσχυρὰ καὶ μακρὰ ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἔχουσιν, αἵ τε ἀσπίδεσ πολὺ μᾶλλον τῶν θωράκων καὶ τῶν γέρρων καὶ στεγάζουσι τὰ σώματα καὶ πρὸσ τὸ ὠθεῖσθαι συνεργάζονται πρὸσ τοῖσ ὤμοισ οὖσαι. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 1 42:3)
  • καὶ οἱ μὲν εἷλκον ἐκ τοῦ πυρὸσ τὰσ ἑλεπόλεισ τῶν ὑπὲρ αὐτὰσ γέρρων φλεγομένων, οἱ δ’ Ιοὐδαῖοι καὶ διὰ τῆσ φλογὸσ ἀντελαμβάνοντο καὶ τοῦ σιδήρου ζέοντοσ δρασσόμενοι τοὺσ κριοὺσ οὐ μεθίεσαν· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 543:1)

Synonyms

  1. the wicker body of a cart

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