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κάστωρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάστωρ κάστορος

Structure: καστωρ (Stem)

Sense

  1. beaver

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κάστωρ κάστορε κάστορες
Genitive κάστορος καστόροιν καστόρων
Dative κάστορι καστόροιν κάστορσιν*
Accusative κάστορα κάστορε κάστορας
Vocative κάστωρ κάστορε κάστορες

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

  • ὥστε πολλάκισ ἐγὼ τὸν μὲν προσεῖπον Κάστορα Πολυδεύκην ὄντα, τὸν δὲ τῷ τοῦ Πολυδεύκουσ ὀνόματι. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 5:1)
  • καὶ μὰν ποτόδδει γ’ ἁδὺ ναὶ τὸν Κάστορα. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Prologue 5:28)
  • παλαιόρ γα ναὶ τὸν Κάστορα ὥνθρωποσ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene, iambics10)
  • τὸν Κάστορα καλοῦσι καὶ νομίζουσι παρ’ αὐτοῖσ τεθάφθαι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 23 1:1)
  • τὸν Κάστορα καλοῦσι καὶ νομίζουσι παρ’ αὐτοῖσ τεθάφθαι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 23 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. beaver

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