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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

  • μὰ τὸν Δί’ οὐδέν γ’ ἄλλο πλήν γε καρκίνουσ· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode, iambics14)
  • αἱ δ’ ὑέσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ ποταμίουσ καρκίνουσ φέρονται, βοηθοῦνται γὰρ ἐσθίουσαι πρὸσ κεφαλαλγίαν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 26 2:1)

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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