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κάπρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάπρος κάπρου

Structure: καπρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a boar, a wild boar
  2. a sow

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

  • ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν Κίρκην γε τὴν τὰ φάρμακ’ ἀνακυκῶσαν, ἣ τοὺσ ἑταίρουσ τοῦ Φιλωνίδου ποτ’ ἐν Κορίνθῳ ἔπεισεν ὡσ ὄντασ κάπρουσ μεμαγμένον σκῶρ ἐσθίειν, αὐτὴ δ’ ἔματτεν αὐτοῖσ, μιμήσομαι πάντασ τρόπουσ· (Aristophanes, Plutus, Lyric-Scene, strophe 21)
  • ἀλλὰ κάπρουσ τε σύεσ καὶ τράγουσ αἶγεσ καὶ τἄλλα θήλεα τοὺσ συννόμουσ αὐτῶν ταῖσ ἰδίαισ ὀσμαῖσ; (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 7 7:1)
  • "ὀχευομένουσ δὲ τοὺσ κάπρουσ καὶ τὰσ ἀλεκτρυόνασ θεωροῦσ1’ ἄσμενοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 14 5:38)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐκείνῳ μὲν εἷσ ἀνὴρ ὑβριστὴσ ἐπέταττε λέοντασ αἱρεῖν καὶ κάπρουσ διώκειν καὶ σοβεῖν ὄρνιθασ· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 11 2:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐκείνῳ μὲν εἷσ ἀνὴρ ὑβριστὴσ ἐπέταττε λέοντασ αἱρεῖν καὶ κάπρουσ διώκειν καὶ σοβεῖν ὄρνιθασ ἵνα μὴ σχολάζῃ τοῖσ μείζοσι περιιών, Ἀνταίουσ κολάζειν καὶ Βουσίριδασ παύειν μιαιφονοῦντασ· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 11 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a boar

  2. a sow

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