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καταπύγων

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταπύγων καταπύγονος

Structure: καταπυγων (Stem)

Etym.: pu_gh/

Sense

  1. a lewd fellow

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καταπύγων καταπύγονε καταπύγονες
Genitive καταπύγονος καταπυγόνοιν καταπυγόνων
Dative καταπύγονι καταπυγόνοιν καταπύγοσιν*
Accusative καταπύγονα καταπύγονε καταπύγονας
Vocative καταπύγων καταπύγονε καταπύγονες

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

  • ταῦτα φροντίζοντί μοι ἐκ δεξιᾶσ ἀπέπαρδε καταπύγων ἀνήρ. (Aristotle, Lyric-Scene, iambics6)
  • ἐξ ὅτου γὰρ ἐνθάδ’ ὑπ’ ἀνδρῶν, οἷσ ἡδὺ καὶ λέγειν, ὁ σώφρων τε χὠ καταπύγων ἄριστ’ ἠκουσάτην, κἀγώ, παρθένοσ γὰρ ἔτ’ ἦν, κοὐκ ἐξῆν πώ μοι τεκεῖν, ἐξέθηκα, παῖσ δ’ ἑτέρα τισ λαβοῦσ’ ἀνείλετο, ὑμεῖσ δ’ ἐξεθρέψατε γενναίωσ κἀπαιδεύσατε· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parabasis, parabasis6)
  • καταπύγων εἶ κἀναίσχυντοσ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, proagon25)
  • μὰ τὸν κύν’ ὦ Νικόστρατ’ οὐ φιλόξενοσ, ἐπεὶ καταπύγων ἐστὶν ὅ γε Φιλόξενοσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 2:16)

Synonyms

  1. a lewd fellow

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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