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γύπη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γύπη

Structure: γυπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: gu/y

Sense

  1. a vulture's nest: a hole

Declension

First 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

  • τί κακῶν οὐ πάσχουσι στρεβλούμενοί τε καὶ καιόμενοι καὶ ὑπὸ γυπῶν ἐσθιόμενοι καὶ τροχῷ συμπεριφερόμενοι καὶ λίθουσ ἀνακυλίοντεσ ; (Lucian, (no name) 8:3)
  • τὸ δὲ νῦν ἔχον ἐβουλόμην τὸν ὁποσονοῦν χρόνον τοῦτον εὐδαιμόνωσ διαβιοὺσ ὑπὸ ἑκκαίδεκα γυπῶν κείρεσθαι τὸ ἧπαρ ἀποθανών, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐνταῦθα διψήσασ ὥσπερ ὁ Τάνταλοσ ἐν Μακάρων νήσοισ πίνειν μετὰ τῶν ἡρώων ἐν τῷ Ἠλυσίῳ λειμῶνι κατακείμενοσ. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 17:5)
  • καὶ εἴ γε μὴ οὕτω φρονοίην, ἄξιοσ ἄν μοι δοκῶ ὑπὸ ἑκκαίδεκα γυπῶν κείρεσθαι, οὐ συνιεὶσ ὡσ πολὺ ἀμορφότερα τὰ μετὰ τοῦ ξένου ταὐτὸ πεπονθότα. (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 8:2)
  • Λύσω σε, φήσ, ὃν ἐχρῆν βαρυτέρασ πέδασ ἔχοντα καὶ τὸν Καύκασον ὅλον ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆσ ἐπικείμενον ὑπὸ ἑκκαίδεκα γυπῶν μὴ μόνον κείρεσθαι τὸ ἧπαρ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ ἐξορύττεσθαι, ἀνθ̓ ὧν τοιαῦθ̓ ἡμῖν ζῷα τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἔπλασασ καὶ τὸ πῦρ ἔκλεψασ καὶ γυναῖκασ ἐδημιούργησασ; (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 1:3)
  • οὑτωσὶ μὲν εἰπεῖν, χρηστότησ ἐπέτριψεν αὐτὸν καὶ φιλανθρωπία καὶ ὁ πρὸσ τοὺσ δεομένουσ ἅπαντασ οἶκτοσ, ὡσ δὲ ἀληθεῖ λόγῳ, ἄνοια καὶ εὐήθεια καὶ ἀκρισία περὶ τῶν φίλων, ὃσ οὐ συνίει κόραξι καὶ λύκοισ χαριζόμενοσ, ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ γυπῶν τοσούτων ὁ κακοδαίμων κειρόμενοσ τὸ ἧπαρ φίλουσ εἶναι αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἑταίρουσ ᾤετο, ὑπ’ εὐνοίασ τῆσ πρὸσ αὐτὸν χαίροντασ τῇ βορᾷ· (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 8:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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