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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

  • δέρκετο μὲν γλαυκῶν βλεφάρων σέλασ, ἔδρακε δειρὴν χρυσῷ δαιδαλέην, ἐφράσσατο κόσμον ἑκάστησ καὶ πιέρνησ μετόπισθε καὶ αὐτῶν ἴχνια ταρσῶν. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 168)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ὑπὸ τῶν γλαυκῶν γε τάλαιν’ ἀπόλλυμαι ταῖσ ἀγρυπνίαισι κακκαβαζουσῶν ἀεί. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode 1:12)
  • πρῶτα μὲν αὐτῶν τὰσ οἰνάνθασ οἱ πάρνοπεσ οὐ κατέδονται, ἀλλὰ γλαυκῶν λόχοσ εἷσ αὐτοὺσ καὶ κερχνῄδων ἐπιτρίψει. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme29)
  • Σικελίασ σκαπτοῦχοσ ὁ Δωρικόσ, ἀλλά, Πόσειδον, σῷζε κατὰ,4 γλαυκῶν σέλμα τόδε ῥοθίων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 44 4:1)
  • "πόθεν, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, ὦ Γλαύκων; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 57 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. owl

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