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καταπυγοσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταπυγοσύνη

Structure: καταπυγοσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from katapu/gwn

Sense

  1. brutal lust

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καταπυγοσύνη καταπυγοσύνᾱ καταπυγοσύναι
Genitive καταπυγοσύνης καταπυγοσύναιν καταπυγοσυνῶν
Dative καταπυγοσύνῃ καταπυγοσύναιν καταπυγοσύναις
Accusative καταπυγοσύνην καταπυγοσύνᾱ καταπυγοσύνᾱς
Vocative καταπυγοσύνη καταπυγοσύνᾱ καταπυγοσύναι

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

  • Ἥραν τέ οἱ Ἀσπασίαν τίκτει Καταπυγοσύνη παλλακὴν κυνώπιδα. (Plutarch, , chapter 24 6:4)
  • Ἦν οὖν ἀσόλοικόσ τισ καὶ γενναῖοσ, παρῃτημένοσ ἅ φησιν Ἀριστοφάνησ περὶ Εὐριπίδου, "ὀξωτὰ καὶ σιλφιωτά," ἅπερ, ὡσ ὁ αὐτόσ φησι, καταπυγοσύνη ταῦτ’ ἐστὶ πρὸσ κρέασ μέγα. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. g'. POLEMWN 3:5)

Synonyms

  1. brutal lust

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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