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γλαῦξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γλαῦξ γλαυκός

Structure: γλαυκ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. owl (Athene noctua)

Declension

Third 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

  • καί μοὐδόκει ἡ θεὸσ αὐτὴ ἐκ πόλεωσ ἐλθεῖν καὶ γλαῦξ αὐτῇ ’πικαθῆσθαι· (Aristotle, Episode 2:30)
  • γλαῦξ γὰρ ἡμῶν πρὶν μάχεσθαι τὸν στρατὸν διέπτετο· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parabasis, epirrheme6)
  • χαὐτηί γε γλαῦξ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parodos, lyric45)
  • γλαῦξ μὲν οὐ πρόσεισι νῷν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme9)
  • χὰν δὲ δόμων φυλακᾶσ μελεδήμονα τὰν δ’ ἄρ’ ἄγρυπνον> γλαῦξ ἅδε γλαυκᾶσ Παλλάδοσ ἀμφίπολον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 425 1:1)
  • καὶ γελοῖαι δ’ εἰσὶν ὀρχήσεισ ἴγδισ καὶ μακτρισμὸσ ἀπόκινόσ τε καὶ σοβάσ, ἔτι δὲ μορφασμὸσ καὶ γλαὺξ καὶ λέων ἀλφίτων τε ἔκχυσισ καὶ χρεῶν ἀποκοπή· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 27 1:8)

Synonyms

  1. owl

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