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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

  • ἐγὼ μὲν δὴ τούτοισ πείθομαι καὶ ἤδη πέπεισμαι καὶ ἐσ τὸν οἶκον ἐπὶ λόγοισ παρελήλυθα ὥσπερ ὑπὸ ἰύγγοσ ἢ Σειρῆνοσ τῷ κάλλει ἑλκόμενοσ, ἐλπίδα οὐ μικρὰν ἔχων, εἰ καὶ τέωσ ἡμῖν ἄμορφοι ἦσαν οἱ λόγοι, καλοὺσ αὐτοὺσ φανεῖσθαι καθάπερ ἐσθῆτι καλῇ κεκοσμημένουσ. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. spell

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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