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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

  • ἀπολεῖσ μ’ ὦ γραῦ στωμυλλομένη. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, lyric5)
  • σὺ δ’ ὦ γραῦ, παραλέλεξαι κἀντέτριψαι, τῷ θανάτῳ μέλημα. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, strophe 13)
  • τοῦτο μὲν ὦ γραῦ σαυτῇ κρώξαισ· (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Agon, epirrheme37)
  • βούλομαί σε γραῦ κύσαι ‐ κρόμμυόν τἄρ’ οὐκ ἔδει. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene, strophe 15)
  • τὰσ ταινίασ οἱ Χαλκιδεῖσ καὶ τοὺσ ἀλαβάστουσ συμβολὰσ καλοῦσι, γραῦ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 68 4:6)

Synonyms

  1. an old woman

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