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κῆτος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κῆτος κήτους

Structure: κητο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. whale, sea monster
  2. abyss

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

  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὰ κήτη τὰ μεγάλα καὶ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν ζῴων ἑρπετῶν, ἃ ἐξήγαγε τὰ ὕδατα κατὰ γένη αὐτῶν, καὶ πᾶν πετεινὸν πτερωτὸν κατὰ γένοσ. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι καλά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:21)
  • αὐτὸσ γὰρ ἀπέστραπται ὀργήν, ὑπ̓ αὐτοῦ ἐκάμφθησαν κήτη τὰ ὑπ̓ οὐρανόν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 9:13)
  • εὐλογεῖτε, κήτη καὶ πάντα τὰ κινούμενα ἐν τοῖσ ὕδασι, τὸν Κύριον. ὑμνεῖτε καὶ ὑπερυψοῦτε αὐτὸν εἰσ τοὺσ αἰῶνασ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 3:78)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖσ δύο μόνασ ἡμέρασ ἐν εὐδίᾳ πλεύσαντεσ, τῆσ τρίτησ ὑποφαινούσησ πρὸσ ἀνίσχοντα τὸν ἥλιον ἄφνω ὁρῶμεν θηρία καὶ κήτη πολλὰ μὲν καὶ ἄλλα, ἓν δὲ μέγιστον ἁπάντων ὅσον σταδίων χιλίων καὶ πεντακοσίων τὸ μέγεθοσ· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 30:3)
  • οὐ γὰρ τρέφει κήτη ἀλλ’ ἢ φώκην ἀραιὰν καὶ δελφῖνα μικρόν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 32 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. whale

  2. abyss

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