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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

  • "ἔπειτα καὶ μετὰ δημοτῶν ἀνθρώπων συγκαταβαίνων ὡμίλει ᾧ τύχοι καὶ μετὰ τῶν παρεπιδημούντων συνέπινε τῶν εὐτελεστάτων, ὅτε δὲ τῶν νεωτέρων αἴσθοιτό τινασ συνευωχουμένουσ, οὐδεμίαν ἔμφασιν ποιήσασ παρῆν ἐπικωμάζων μετὰ κερατίου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:27)
  • εἰ δὲ καὶ τῶν νεωτέρων φησί αἴσθοιτό τινασ συνευωχουμένουσ ὁπουδήποτε, παρῆν μετὰ κερατίου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 52 3:2)
  • ὅλμοσ ποτήριον κερατίου τρόπον εἰργασμένον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 86 1:1)
  • ὁ δὲ ὅλμοσ ἐστὶ ποτήριον κερατίου τρόπον εἰργασμένον, ὕψοσ ὡσ πυγονιαῖον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 86 1:4)
  • εἰ δὲ καὶ τῶν νεωτέρων, φησίν, αἴσθοιτο τινασ συνευωχουμένουσ ὁπουδήποτε, παρῆν μετὰ κερατίου καὶ συμφωνίασ, ὥστε τοὺσ πολλοὺσ διὰ τὸ παράδοξον ἀνισταμένουσ φεύγειν. (Polybius, Histories, book 26, olymp. 151. res antiochi 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a musical instrument

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