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ἡμίονος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμίονος ἡμίονου

Structure: ἡμιον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. mule, half ass
  2. (figuratively, ἡμίονος βασιλεύς) half-Mede, half-Persian
  3. (ἡμίονος ἀγροτέρα) wild ass, onager
  4. , 6.36

Declension

Second 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

  • καὶ συνήντησεν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ ἐνώπιον τῶν παίδων Δαυίδ, καὶ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ ἦν ἐπιβεβηκὼσ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἡμιόνου αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ὁ ἡμίονοσ ὑπὸ τὸ δάσοσ τῆσ δρυὸσ τῆσ μεγάλησ, καὶ περιεπλάκη ἡ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ δρυί̈, καὶ ἐκρεμάσθη ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ὁ ἡμίονοσ ὑποκάτω αὐτοῦ παρῆλθε. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 18:9)
  • μὴ γίνεσθε ὡσ ἵπποσ καὶ ἡμίονοσ, οἷσ οὐκ ἔστι σύνεσισ, ἐν κημῷ καὶ χαλινῷ τὰσ σιαγόνασ αὐτῶν ἄγξαισ τῶν μὴ ἐγγιζόντων πρὸσ σέ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 31:9)
  • τί γὰρ, ἂν ἐξ ἵππου ἡμίονοσ γένηται; (Plutarch, Comparison of Lysander and Sulla, chapter 2 2:2)
  • χρησμὸσ δοθεὶσ Κροίσῳ τῷ Λυδῷ ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἡμίονοσ βασιλεὺσ Μήδοισι γένηται, καὶ τότε, Λυδὲ ποδαβρέ, πολυψήφιδα παρ’ Ἕρμον φεύγειν, μηδὲ μένειν, μηδ’ αἰδεῖσθαι κακὸσ εἶναι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 1121)

Synonyms

  1. wild ass

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