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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

  • ἐπάγων τῷ λόγῳ διότι φύσιν ἔχει οὕτω γίγνεσθαι, τοῦ τε πυρετοῦ καὶ τοῦ οἰδήματοσ δεδιότοσ ἢ ὄνομα θεσπέσιον ἢ ῥῆσιν βαρβαρικὴν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ βουβῶνοσ δραπετεύοντοσ, ἔτι σοι γραῶν μῦθοι τὰ λεγόμενά ἐστι. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 9:5)
  • καινὴν γάρ τινα ταύτην τεχνην ἐπινενοήκατε γραῶν καὶ γερόντων ἐρῶντεσ, καὶ μάλιστα εἰ ἄτεκνοι εἰε͂ν, οἱ δὲ ἔντεκνοι ὑμῖν ἀνέραστοι. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 7:2)
  • ταῦτα μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ὁ λεγόμενοσ γραῶν ὕθλοσ, ὡσ ἐμοὶ φαίνεται· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 208:4)
  • Οὐ θέλεισ ἤδη ὡσ τὰ παιδία ἀπογαλακτισθῆναι καὶ ἅπτεσθαι τροφῆσ στερεωτέρασ μηδὲ κλάειν μάμμασ καὶ τιτθάσ, γραῶν ἀποκλαύματα; (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 39:1)
  • σοῦ δὲ τίσ ἀνάσχοιτο τῶν γραῶν ἐρῶντοσ καὶ τῶν γερόντων καὶ ἐκείνασ ἀπομύσσοντοσ καὶ ἀποπλύνοντοσ καὶ δωροδοκοῦντοσ καὶ ἅμα μὲν νοσούσασ θεραπεύοντοσ ὡσ δούλου, ἅμα δ’ ἀποθανεῖν εὐχομένου καὶ τοὺσ ἰατροὺσ διακρίνοντοσ, εἰ ἤδη θανασίμωσ ἔχουσιν; (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 148:1)

Synonyms

  1. an old woman

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