Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • αἱ δὲ ἄρτι πρὸσ βίου κοινωνίαν γαμικὸν ὑπεληλυθυῖαι παστὸν νεάνιδεσ, ἀντὶ τέρψεωσ μεταλαβοῦσαι γόουσ καὶ κόνει τὴν μυροβραχῆ πεφυρμέναι κόμην, ἀκαλύπτωσ δὲ ἀγόμεναι, θρῆνον ἀνθ’ ὑμεναίων ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἐξῆρχον ὡσ ἐσπαραγμέναι σκυλμοῖσ ἀλλοεθνέσι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 4:6)
  • ὑστάτην βίου ροπὴν αὐτοῖσ ἐκείνην δόξαντεσ εἶναι τὸ τέλοσ τῆσ ἀθλιωτάτησ προσδοκίασ, εἰσ οἶκτον καὶ γόουσ τραπέντεσ κατεφίλουν ἀλλήλουσ περιπλεκόμενοι τοῖσ συγγενέσιν ἐπὶ τοὺσ τραχήλουσ ἐπιπίπτοντεσ, γονεῖσ παισὶ καὶ μητέρεσ νεάνισιν, ἕτεραι δὲ νεογνὰ πρὸσ μαστοὺσ ἔχουσαι βρέφη τελευταῖον ἕλκοντα γάλα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 5:49)
  • γόων, τὸ γὰρ θανόντων τέκνων ἐπιπονόν τι κατὰ γυναῖκασ ἐσ γόουσ πέφυκε πάθοσ. (Euripides, Suppliants, choral, antistrophe 32)
  • ἆρα δυστήνουσ γόουσ κλύουσα τῶνδε; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, iambic2)
  • μέλλων σ’ ἐρωτᾶν, ἡνίκ’ ἐξήντλεισ στρατῷ γόουσ, ἀφήσω· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode1)

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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