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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

  • ἡ Ῥέα δὲ ‐ χρὴ γὰρ ἴσωσ καὶ ταῦτα εἰπεῖν ‐ πῶσ οὐκ ἀσχημονεῖ καὶ δεινὰ ποιεῖ, γραῦσ μὲν ἤδη καὶ ἔξωροσ οὖσα καὶ τοσούτων μήτηρ θεῶν, παιδεραστοῦσα δὲ ἔτι καὶ ζηλοτυποῦσα καὶ τὸν Ἄττιν ἐπὶ τῶν λεόντων περιφέρουσα, καὶ ταῦτα μηκέτι χρήσιμον εἶναι δυνάμενον; (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 7:2)
  • ἐσ τάσδε γὰρ βλέψασ’ ἐπηυξάμην τάδε γραῦσ, αἳ λιποῦσαι δώματ’ Ἀργείασ χθονὸσ ἱκτῆρι θαλλῷ προσπίτνουσ’ ἐμὸν γόνυ, πάθοσ παθοῦσαι δεινόν· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:2)
  • προδώσεισ ταῦτα κἀκβαλεῖσ χθονὸσ γραῦσ οὐ τυχούσασ οὐδὲν ὧν αὐτὰσ ἐχρῆν; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 5:15)
  • καὶ νῦν πόλισ μὲν πᾶσ’ ἀνέστηκεν δορί, αὐτὴ δὲ δούλη γραῦσ ἄπαισ ἐπὶ χθονὶ κεῖται, κόνει φύρουσα δύστηνον κάρα. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode7)
  • τύραννοσ ἦ ποτ’, ἀλλὰ νῦν δούλη σέθεν, εὔπαισ ποτ’ οὖσα, νῦν δὲ γραῦσ ἄπαισ θ’ ἅμα, ἄπολισ ἔρημοσ, ἀθλιωτάτη βροτῶν . (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics 2:7)

Synonyms

  1. an old woman

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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