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γραῦς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γραῦς γρᾱός

Structure: γραυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from same Root as ge/rwn

Sense

  1. an old woman

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

  • οὐ σκαιὸσ ἦν ἄνθρωποσ, ἀλλ’ ἠπίστατο γραὸσ καπρώσησ τἀφόδια κατεσθίειν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:17)
  • ταῖσ μὲν ἄλλαισ γὰρ χύτραισ ἡ γραῦσ ἔπεστ’ ἀνωτάτω, ταύτησ δὲ νῦν τῆσ γραὸσ ἐπιπολῆσ ἔπεισιν αἱ χύτραι. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode29)
  • νὴ Δί’ ἐγὼ γοῦν ἄνδρα κομήτην φυλαρχοῦντ’ εἶδον ἐφ’ ἵππου ἐσ τὸν χαλκοῦν ἐμβαλλόμενον πῖλον λέκιθον παρὰ γραόσ· (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Agon, antepirrheme9)
  • αὐτὸσ γάρ μοι γίγνεται τῆσ θεοῖσ ἐχθρᾶσ πατάξαι τῆσδε γραὸσ τὴν γνάθον. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, trochees4)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅμωσ ἂν οὐκ ἴδοισ καίπερ οὔσησ γραὸσ ὄντ’ αὐτὸν κομήτην, ἀλλ’ ἀπεψιλωμένον τῷ λύχνῳ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 210)

Synonyms

  1. an old woman

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