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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

  • ἄγετ’, ὦ παῖδεσ, τὴν γραῦν πρὸ δόμων, ἄγετ’ ὀρθοῦσαι τὴν ὁμόδουλον, Τρῳάδεσ, ὑμῖν, πρόσθε δ’ ἄνασσαν· (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, anapests1)
  • ἀλλὰ σύ, ὦ τολμηρότατε, καὶ τὴν Ῥέαν αὐτὴν γραῦν ἤδη καὶ μητέρα τοσούτων θεῶν οὖσαν ἀνέπεισασ παιδεραστεῖν καὶ τὸ Φρύγιον μειράκιον ποθεῖν, καὶ νῦν ἐκείνη μέμηνεν ὑπὸ σοῦ καὶ ζευξαμένη τοὺσ λέοντασ, παραλαβοῦσα καὶ τοὺσ Κορύβαντασ ἅτε μανικοὺσ καὶ αὐτοὺσ ὄντασ, ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὴν Ἴδην περιπολοῦσιν, ἡ μὲν ὀλολύζουσα ἐπὶ τῷ Ἄττῃ, οἱ Κορύβαντεσ δὲ ὁ μὲν αὐτῶν τέμνεται ξίφει τὸν πῆχυν, ὁ δὲ ἀνεὶσ τὴν κόμην ἱέται μεμηνὼσ διὰ τῶν ὀρῶν, ὁ δὲ αὐλεῖ τῷ κέρατι, ὁ δὲ ἐπιβομβεῖ τῷ τυμπάνῳ ἢ ἐπικτυπεῖ τῷ κυμβάλῳ, καὶ ὅλωσ θόρυβοσ καὶ μανία τὰ ἐν τῇ Ἴδῃ ἅπαντά ἐστι. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:4)
  • σὺ δὲ ἢν πεισθῇσ τοῖσ εἰρημένοισ, καὶ δὴ παρεῖναι νόμιζε οἷπερ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἐπόθεισ ἐλθεῖν, καὶ οὐδέν σε κωλύσει ἑπόμενον τοῖσ νόμοισ ἔν τε τοῖσ δικαστηρίοισ κρατεῖν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ πλήθεσιν εὐδοκιμεῖν καὶ ἐπέραστον εἶναι καὶ γαμεῖν οὐ γραῦν τινα τῶν κωμικῶν, καθάπερ ὁ νομοθέτησ καὶ διδάσκαλοσ, ἀλλὰ καλλίστην γυναῖκα τὴν Ῥητορικήν, ὡσ τὸ τοῦ Πλάτωνοσ ἐκεῖνο πτηνὸν ἁρ́μα ἐλαύνοντα φέρεσθαι σοὶ μᾶλλον πρέπειν περὶ σεαυτοῦ εἰπεῖν ἢ ἐκείνῳ περὶ τοῦ Διόσ· (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 15:2)
  • τὴν γραῦν ἐρωτᾷσ, ἣ ’φερεν τὰσ πηκτίδασ; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode74)
  • ἔδοξε ταῖσ γυναιξίν, ἢν ἀνὴρ νέοσ νέασ ἐπιθυμῇ, μὴ σποδεῖν αὐτὴν πρὶν ἂν τὴν γραῦν προκρούσῃ πρῶτον· (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 2:7)

Synonyms

  1. an old woman

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