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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

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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