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κερᾱ́τιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κερᾱ́τιον κερᾱτίου

Structure: κερᾱτι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ke/ras의 지소사, v. sub kerate/a.

Sense

  1. small horn, (zoology) antenna of the cerambycid or of the hermit crab
  2. (in the plural) curved ends of the womb
  3. (music) a musical instrument (perhaps a fife or clarionet)

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

  • εἰσὶ δ’ οἱ μυθολογοῦντεσ αὐτῷ πρὸσ ἀλήθειαν γενέσθαι καθ’ ἑκάτερον μέροσ τῶν κροτάφων κεράτια· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 73 2:1)
  • πλεονάζει δὲ τῶν φυτῶν ὅ τε φοῖνιξ καὶ ἡ περσέα καὶ ὁ ἔβενοσ καὶ ἡ κερατία· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 2 3:16)

Synonyms

  1. a musical instrument

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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