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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

  • οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ αἷμα ἄκρητόν ἐστι τὸ Ῥέον, ἀλλὰ τοῦδε ἰχὼρ διὰ σμικρῶν τῶν στομίων · καὶ τοῦδε οὐ πολλοῦ οὐδὲ πολλάκισ χρέοσ· μετεξετέροισι δὲ καὶ ἡ ἔξωθεν ἰητρείη · ἀτὰρ καὶ φοινίκων ἢ κεράτιων ἐδωδίμων ἕψημα ποθὲν, μοῦνον ἤρκεσε. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 74)
  • τρεῖσ δὲ τὸ πλεῖστον · ξύν τινι τῶν ἑψημάτων, φοινίκων, ἢ κερατίων ἐδωδίμων, ἢ Ῥιζῶν βάτων· ἢν δὲ τρηχύνηται ἡ ἀρτηρίη καὶ ἐπὶ τῷδε βήσσῃ, σιραίῳ τῷ Κρητικῷ ἐμπάσσειν τάδε. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 85)
  • καὶ ἐπεθύμει χορτασθῆναι ἐκ τῶν κερατίων ὧν ἤσθιον οἱ χοῖροι, καὶ οὐδεὶσ ἐδίδου αὐτῷ. (, chapter 14 55:1)

Synonyms

  1. a musical instrument

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