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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 Γλαῦκε, τίη δὲ σὺ τοῖοσ ἐὼν ὑπέροπλον ἐείπασ; (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 11 32:1)
  • Τοῖοσ ἀνθρώποισι θυμόσ, Γλαῦκε, Λεπτίν εω πάϊ, γίγνεται θνητοῖσ, ὁκοῖον Ζεὺσ ἐφ’ ἡμέρην ἄγῃ, καὶ φρονεῦσι τοῖ’ ὁκοίοισ ἐγκυρέωσιν ἔργμασιν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 242)
  • ἐχθὲσ ἀπάγχεσθαι μέλλων Δείναρχοσ ὁ φείδων, Γλαῦκε, δι’ ἓξ χαλκοῦσ δύσμοροσ οὐκ ἔθανεν ἓξ χαλκῶν ἦν γὰρ τὸ σχοινίον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1691)
  • τοῦτο φιλαργυρίασ δεινῆσ ὁρ́οσ, ὃσ γ’ ἀποθνῄσκων, Γλαῦκε, δι’ ἓξ χαλκοῦσ δύσμοροσ οὐκ ἔθανεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 169 1:1)
  • Γλαῦκε τί ἢ δὴ νῶϊ τετιμήμεσθα μάλιστα ἕδρῃ τε κρέασίν τε ἰδὲ πλείοισ δεπάεσσιν ἐν Λυκίῃ, πάντεσ δὲ θεοὺσ ὣσ εἰσορόωσι, καὶ τέμενοσ νεμόμεσθα μέγα Ξάνθοιο παρ’ ὄχθασ καλὸν φυταλιῆσ καὶ ἀρούρησ πυροφόροιο; (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 22:7)

Synonyms

  1. owl

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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