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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

  • ὅτι μὲν φίλοσ εἴμ’ ὑμῖν, ἐπίδηλοσ ταῖσ γνάθοισ· (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode2)
  • ὦ τρισκακοδαίμων εἰ γυναῖκα δεῖ σαπρὰν βινεῖν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν, κἄπειτ’ ἐπειδὰν τῆσδ’ ἀπαλλαγῶ, πάλιν φρύνην ἔχουσαν λήκυθον πρὸσ ταῖσ γνάθοισ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 4:26)
  • ἐκ δὲ τειχέων μέσων δράκοντεσ ἔφερον τέκνα Καδμείων γνάθοισ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 7:2)
  • δεῖ μ’ ἀεὶ καινὸν πόρον εὑρεῖν ὅπωσ μάσημα ταῖσ γνάθοισ ἔχω. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 14 4:5)
  • ἔχει δὲ τὸ μὲν μέγεθοσ ὄρνιθοσ γενναίου, τὴν δὲ κεφαλὴν μικρὰν πρὸσ τὸ σῶμα καὶ ταύτην ψιλήν, ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ δὲ λόφον σάρκινον, σκληρόν, στρογγύλον, ἐξέχοντα τῆσ κεφαλῆσ ὥσπερ πάτταλον, καὶ τὸ χρῶμα ξυλοειδῆ,2 πρὸσ δὲ ταῖσ γνάθοισ ἀπὸ τοῦ στόματοσ ἀρξαμένην ἀντὶ πώγωνοσ μακρὰν σάρκα καὶ ἐρυθροτέραν τῶν ὀρνίθων, τὴν δὲ τοῖσ ὄρνισιν ἐπὶ τῷ ῥύγχει γινομένην, ἣν ἔνιοι πώγωνα καλοῦσιν, οὐκ ἔχει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 71 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. jaw

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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