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γονή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γονή

Structure: γον (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. offspring
  2. (of animals)
  3. (of the fruits of the earth)
  4. race, stock, family; parentage
  5. generation

Declension

First 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

  • οὔτε γὰρ ἡ γονή πω αὐτοῖσ πέπηγεν, ἀλλ̓ ἐστιν ἐξίτηλοσ τὸ πολὺ καὶ ἀμαυρά, καθάπερ ἡ τῶν παίδων, αὐτοί τε διαφθείρονται πάμπαν, ὡσ μηδὲν ἔτι πράττοντα ὕστερον ὀρθῶσαι τὴν ἁμαρτίαν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 26 4:2)
  • μηδ’ αἰδοῖα γονῇ πεπαλαγμένοσ ἔνδοθι οἴκου ἱστίῃ ἐμπελαδὸν παραφαινέμεν, ἀλλ’ ἀλέασθαι. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 84:1)
  • πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ τὸ πᾶν γονή εἰσι, καὶ ἢν ἀποδύσῃσ κύαμον ἔτι χ; (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 6:7)
  • καὶ τὸν Πάνδαρον δὲ πεισθῆναι λέγων διὰ τὴν ἀφροσύνην τὰ ὁρ́κια συγχέαι δῆλὸσ ἐστιν οὐκ ἂν ἀδικῆσαι τὸν φρόνιμον ἡγούμενοσ ὅμοια δ’ ἔστι καὶ περὶ σωφροσύνησ ὑποδεικνύειν ἐφιστάντα τοῖσ οὕτω λεγομένοισ οιαὶ τῷ δὲ γονὴ Προίτου ἐπεμήνατο, δῖ’ Ἄντεια, κρυπταδίῃ φιλότητι μιγήμεναι· (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 11 34:2)
  • θῖνεσ νεκρῶν δὲ καὶ τριτοσπόρῳ γονῇ ἄφωνα σημανοῦσιν ὄμμασιν βροτῶν ὡσ οὐχ ὑπέρφευ θνητὸν ὄντα χρὴ φρονεῖν. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, iambics 2:10)

Synonyms

  1. offspring

  2. race

  3. generation

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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