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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

  • πρῶτα μὲν γὰρ οὗ μάλιστα πᾶσ κριτὴσ ἐφίεται, γλαῦκεσ ὑμᾶσ οὔποτ’ ἐπιλείψουσι Λαυρειωτικαί· (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, antepirrheme2)
  • γλαῦκεσ δέ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 482)
  • μισοῦσι δ’ ἄλληλα καὶ ἀπεχθάνονται καὶ πολεμοῦσιν ὥσπερ ἀσπείστουσ τινὰσ πολέμουσ ἀετοὶ καὶ δράκοντεσ, κορῶναι καὶ γλαῦκεσ, αἰγιθαλλοὶ καὶ ἀκανθυλλίδεσ· (Plutarch, De invidia et odio, section 4 1:1)
  • "γέρανοι, χελῶναι, γλαῦκεσ, ἰκτῖνοι, λαγοί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 629)
  • "γέρανοι, κορῶναι, γλαῦκεσ, ἰκτῖνοι, λαγοί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 6216)

Synonyms

  1. owl

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