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καρκίνος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καρκίνος καρκίνου

Structure: καρκιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. crab
  2. Cancer, the zodiac sign
  3. sore, ulcer, cancer
  4. items which resemble a crab's pincers, pair of pincers, a type of torture instrument
  5. temple bones
  6. type of shoe
  7. type of bandage
  8. pair of compasses
  9. still

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

  • τῶν δὲ γυναικῶν τῶν εὐπόρων τινῶν μὲν καρκίνοισ σιδηροῖσ τὰ σφυρὰ πιέζων συνέτεινε, τινῶν δὲ τοὺσ τιτθοὺσ ἀπέτεμνεν, ταῖσ δ’ ἐγκύοισ πλίνθουσ ἐπὶ τὴν ὀσφῦν ἐπιτιθεὶσ τὸ ἔμβρυον ἀπὸ τοῦ βάρουσ ἐξέθλιβεν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 71 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. crab

  2. Cancer

  3. temple bones

  4. type of bandage

  5. pair of compasses

  6. still

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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