Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κήξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κήξ κηκός

Structure: κηκ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. the tern or gannet

Declension

Third 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

  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ ἕβδομον ἦμαρ ἐπὶ Ζεὺσ θῆκε Κρονίων, τὴν μὲν ἔπειτα γυναῖκα βάλ’ Ἄρτεμισ ἰοχέαιρα, ἄντλῳ δ’ ἐνδούπησε πεσοῦσ’ ὡσ εἰναλίη κήξ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 59:15)
  • καὶ τὼσ κύνασ ὥλαφοσ ἕλκοι, κἠξ ὀρέων τοὶ σκῶπεσ ἀηδόσι γαρύσαιντο. (Theocritus, Idylls, 97)
  • χαίροισ Ἀλκείδα δαμαληφάγε, καὶ τάδε φρούρει αὔλια, κἠξ ὀλίγων μυριόβοια τίθει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 237 1:1)
  • Λαθρίη, ἐκ πλανίου ταύτην χάριν ἔκ τε πενέστεω κἠξ ὀλιγησιπύου δέξο Λεωνίδεω, ψαιστά τε πιήεντα καὶ εὐθήσαυρον ἐλαίην, καὶ τοῦτο χλωρὸν σῦκον ἀποκράδιον, κεὐοίνου σταφυλῆσ ἔχ’ ἀποσπάδα πεντάρραγον, πότνια, καὶ σπονδὴν τήνδ’ ὑποπυθμίδιον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3001)

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

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