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γνάθος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γνάθος γνάθου

Structure: γναθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: akin to ge/nus

Sense

  1. jaw, narrow strait

Declension

Second 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

  • οἴμοι κακοδαίμων τῆσ κεφαλῆσ καὶ τῆσ γνάθου. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Episode3)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἂν γέλοιον ἦν, εἰ Ξανθίασ μὲν δοῦλοσ ὢν ἐν στρώμασιν Μιλησίοισ ἀνατετραμμένοσ κυνῶν ὀρ‐ χηστρίδ’ εἶτ’ ᾔτησεν ἀμίδ’, ἐγὼ δὲ πρὸσ τοῦτον βλέπων τοὐρεβίνθου ’δραττόμην, οὗ‐ τοσ δ’ ἅτ’ ὢν αὐτὸσ πανοῦργοσ εἶδε, κᾆτ’ ἐκ τῆσ γνάθου πὺξ πατάξασ μοὐξέκοψε τοῦ χοροῦ τοὺσ προσθίουσ; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, strophe 13)
  • πῶσ γὰρ ὅστισ ἔστ’ ἀνὴρ γνάθου τε δοῦλοσ νηδύοσ θ’ ἡσσημένοσ, κτήσαιτ’ ἂν ὄλβον εἰσ ὑπερβολὴν πατρόσ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 55)
  • καὶ ψευδόδειπνα πολλὰ μαργώσησ γνάθου ἐρρυσίαζον στόματοσ ἐν πρώτῃ χαρᾷ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 18 4:2)
  • Ἐπὶ δὲ κυνικῷ σπασμῷ ἅπαντα μὲν τὰ τοῦ προσώπου μέρεα σπᾶσθαι οὐ κάρτα ξύνηθεσ · ἐπὶ δεξιὰ δὲ τὰ ἀριστερὰ, καὶ ἐσ ἀριστερὰ τὰ δεξιὰ φοιτῇ, εὖτε καὶ τῆσ γένυοσ ἔνθα ἢ ἔνθα ἐπὶ πολλὸν ἡ παραγωγὴ, ὅκωσ ἐξ ἕδρησ κινουμένησ τῆσ γνάθου. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 131)

Synonyms

  1. jaw

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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