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κέρχνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κέρχνη

Structure: κερχν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a, hawk, the kestrel;

Declension

First 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

  • κίττα τρυγὼν κορυδὸσ ἐλεᾶσ ὑποθυμὶσ περιστερὰ νέρτοσ ἱέραξ φάττα κόκκυξ ἐρυθρόπουσ κεβλήπυρισ πορφυρὶσ κερχνῂσ κολυμβὶσ ἀμπελὶσ φήην δρύοψ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parodos, lyric48)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐπέμψαμεν τρισμυρίουσ ἱέρακασ ἱπποτοξότασ, χωρεῖ δὲ πᾶσ τισ ὄνυχασ ἠγκυλωμένοσ, κερχνῂσ τριόρχησ γὺψ κύμινδισ αἰετόσ· (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene 1:26)

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

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