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ἴυγξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἴυγξ ἴυγγος

Structure: ἰυγγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: i)u/zw

Sense

  1. Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla
  2. (figuratively) spell, charm
  3. passionate yearning

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

  • πότνια δ’ ὀξυτάτων βελέων ποικίλαν ἰύ̈γγα τετράκναμον Οὐλυμπόθεν ἐν ἀλύτῳ ζεύξαισα κύκλῳ μαινάδ’ ὄρνιν Κυπρογένεια φέρεν πρῶτον ἀνθρώποισι, λιτάσ τ’ ἐπαοιδὰσ ἐκδιδάσκησεν σοφὸν Αἰσονίδαν· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 66:2)
  • χρῆσον τοίνυν μοι, ἔφη, τὴν ἰύγγα, ἵνα ἐπὶ σοὶ πρῶτον ἕλκω αὐτήν. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 11 19:1)

Synonyms

  1. spell

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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