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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γλαῦξ γλαῦκε γλαῦκες
Genitive γλαυκός γλαυκοῖν γλαυκῶν
Dative γλαυκί γλαυκοῖν γλαυξίν*
Accusative γλαῦκα γλαῦκε γλαῦκας
Vocative γλαῦξ γλαῦκε γλαῦκες

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 στρουθὸν καὶ γλαῦκα καὶ λάρον καὶ τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 11:15)
  • καὶ στρουθὸν καί γλαῦκα καὶ λάρον (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 14:15)
  • ἀλλ̓ ἔνθα ἂν καὶ νῦν φανῇσ, συνθέουσιν ἐπὶ σὲ πάντεσ ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τὴν γλαῦκα τὰ ὄρνεα. (Lucian, Harmonides 3:1)
  • ἡ μὲν παροιμία φησίν, Γλαῦκα εἰσ Ἀθήνασ, ὡσ γελοῖον ὂν εἴ τισ ἐκεῖ κομίζοι γλαῦκασ, ὅτι πολλαὶ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ εἰσιν. (Lucian, Nigrinus, intro2)
  • λέγεται δ’ ὑπό τινων τὸν μὲν Θεμιστοκλέα περὶ τούτων ἀπὸ τοῦ καταστρώματοσ ἄνωθεν τῆσ νεὼσ διαλέγεσθαι, γλαῦκα δ’ ὀφθῆναι διαπετομένην ἀπὸ δεξιᾶσ τῶν νεῶν καὶ τοῖσ καρχησίοισ ἐπικαθίζουσαν· (Plutarch, , chapter 12 1:1)
  • φάσω δὲ καὶ ἐν ζαθέοισ ἁγνοῦ Πέλοποσ δαπέδοισ Ἀλφεὸν παρὰ καλλιρόαν, δίκασ κέλευθον εἰ μή τισ ἀπέτραπεν ὀρθᾶσ, παγξένῳ χαίταν ἐλαίᾳ γλαυκᾷ στεφανωσάμενον πορτιτρόφ[ον ἂν πεδίον πάτ]ραν θ’ ἱκέσθαι. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. owl

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