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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

  • "ὁ ὦτόσ ἐστι μὲν παρόμοιοσ τῇ γλαυκί, οὔκ ἐστι δὲ νυκτερινόσ, ἔχει τε περὶ τὰ ὦτα πτερύγια, διὸ καὶ ὦτοσ καλεῖται· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 44 2:4)
  • "ὦ δέσποινα Πολιάσ, τί δὴ τρισὶ τοῖσ χαλεπωτάτοισ χαίρεισ θηρίοισ, γλαυκὶ καὶ δράκοντι καὶ δήμῳ; (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 26 4:2)
  • εἶτα μέντοι φησὶν αὐτὸσ ὅτι τῷ Γυλίππῳ φανέντι καθάπερ γλαυκὶ πολλοὶ προσέπτησαν ἑτοίμωσ στρατευόμενοι. (Plutarch, , chapter 19 4:2)
  • ἐρῶ δὲ ὑμῖν καὶ ἄλλο, ὃ πέπονθα τῇ γλαυκὶ παραπλήσιον, ἐὰν καὶ βούλησθε καταγελᾶν τῶν λόγων. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 14:4)

Synonyms

  1. owl

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