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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

  • Φερεκράτησ ἐν Γραυσί φησιν ἀπόπεμψον ἀγγέλλοντα τὸν περιστερόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 51 3:2)
  • Φερεκράτησ Γραυσί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 503)
  • τὰ παιδία εὐθὺσ καὶ γέρουσι καὶ γραυσί, καὶ πρεσβυτέροισ γιγνομένοισ καὶ τοὺσ ποιητὰσ ἐγγὺσ τούτων ἀναγκαστέον λογοποιεῖν. (Plato, Republic, book 2 362:1)

Synonyms

  1. an old woman

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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