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γόης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γόης γόες

Structure: γοη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: goa/w

Sense

  1. one who howls out enchantments, a sorcerer, enchanter, by means of sorcerers
  2. a juggler, cheat

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

  • "ἢν τοίνυν παρέλθῃ τισ εἰσ αὐτοὺσ γόησ καὶ τεχνίτησ ἄνθρωποσ καὶ πράγμασιν χρῆσθαι δυνάμενοσ, αὐτίκα μάλα πλούσιοσ ἐν βραχεῖ ἐγένετο ἰδιώταισ ἀνθρώποισ ἐγχανών. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:24)
  • ἐν δὲ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ λαμβάνει τισ αὐτὸν ἐραστὴσ γόησ τῶν μαγείασ καὶ ἐπῳδὰσ θεσπεσίουσ ὑπισχνουμένων καὶ χάριτασ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἐρωτικοῖσ καὶ ἐπαγωγὰσ τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ καὶ θησαυρῶν ἀναπομπὰσ καὶ κλήρων διαδοχάσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 5:2)
  • τίνι γὰρ ἂν ἄλλῳ δικαιότερον προσεπολέμει γόησ ἄνθρωποσ καὶ τερατείᾳ φίλοσ, ἀληθείᾳ δὲ ἔχθιστοσ, ἢ Ἐπικούρῳ ἀνδρὶ τὴν φύσιν τῶν πραγμάτων καθεωρακότι καὶ μόνῳ τὴν ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἀλήθειαν εἰδότι; (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 25:8)
  • ἐλελήθεισ με, ὦ ἀλεκτρυών, καὶ σὺ γόησ ὤν. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 28:10)
  • ἐγὼ γὰρ εἰ μέν τινα ἄμορφον οὖσαν ἔφην τῷ ἐν Κνίδῳ ἀγάλματι ὁμοίαν, γόησ ἂν καὶ τοῦ Κυναίθου κολακικώτεροσ ὄντωσ νομιζοίμην εἰ δὲ τοιαύτην ὑπάρχουσαν οἱάν πάντεσ ἴσασιν, οὐ πάνυ ἐκ πολλοῦ διαστήματοσ ἦν τὸ τόλμημα. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 22:2)

Synonyms

  1. a juggler

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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