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ἰχώρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰχώρ ἰχῶρος

Structure: ἰχωρ (Stem)

Sense

  1. ichor, the fluid which runs through the veins of gods
  2. lymph, serum, the watery part of blood
  3. whey, the watery part of milk
  4. gravy
  5. pus, discharge, impure fluid
  6. naphtha (probably as the supposed putrefaction of giants)

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

  • καὶ ἔλαβεν ὄστρακον, ἵνα τὸν ἰχῶρα ξύῃ, καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐπὶ τῆσ κοπρίασ ἔξω τῆσ πόλεωσ. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 2:8)
  • ὡσ γὰρ ἀρώματα τρίβωνασ εὐώδεισ καὶ ῥάκια ποιεῖ, τοῦ δ’ Ἀγχίσου τὸ σῶμα ἰχῶρα πονηρὸν ἐξεδίδου νώτου καταστάζοντα βύσσινον φάροσ, οὕτω μετ’ ἀρετῆσ καὶ δίαιτα πᾶσα καὶ βίοσ ἄλυπόσ ἐστι καὶ ἐπιτερπήσ· (Plutarch, De virtute et vitio, chapter, section 21)
  • μὴ λυπείτω δὲ σ1’ ὁρῶντα ἰχῶρα στάζοντα κρεῶν, ἀλλ’ ἔσθιε λάβρωσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 61 1:1)
  • "κηριάζουσι γὰρ καὶ οὗτοι, ἀφιᾶσι δ’ ἀρχόμεναι κηριάζειν γλισχρότητα μυξώδη, ἐξ ὧν τὰ λεπυρώδη συνίσταται, ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἅπαντα διαχεῖται, ἀφιᾶσι δ’ ἰχῶρα εἰσ τὴν γῆν καὶ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ τόπῳ γίνεται ἐν τῇ γῇ συστάντα πορφύρια μικρά, ἃ ἔχουσαι ἁλίσκονται αἱ πορφύραι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 365)
  • πρωτοφυὲσ τόγ’ ἀνέσχε καταστάξαντοσ ἔραζε αἰετοῦ ὠμηστέω κνημοῖσ ἔνι Καυκασίοισιν αἱματόεντ’ ἰχῶρα Προμηθῆοσ μογεροῖο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 14:26)

Synonyms

  1. whey

  2. naphtha

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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