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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

  • τόν τε βυθοτρεφοῦσ ἐν γαστρὶ κήτουσ Ἰωνᾶν τηκόμενον ἀφειδῶσ ἀπήμαντον πᾶσιν οἰκείοισ ἀνέδειξασ, πάτερ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 6:8)
  • ΚΑΙ προσέταξε Κύριοσ κήτει μεγάλῳ καταπιεῖν τὸν Ἰωνᾶν. καὶ ἦν Ἰωνᾶσ ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ τοῦ κήτουσ τρεῖσ ἡμέρασ καὶ τρεῖσ νύκτασ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ionae 2:1)
  • καὶ προσηύξατο Ἰωνᾶσ πρὸσ Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆσ κοιλίασ τοῦ κήτουσ (Septuagint, Prophetia Ionae 2:2)
  • καὶ τὸ μὲν ὅσον τοῦ κήτουσ εἶδε τὴν Μέδουσαν, ἤδη λίθοσ ἐστίν, τὸ δ’ ὅσον ἔμψυχον μένει, τῇ ἁρ́πῃ κόπτεται. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 22:3)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοισ ὁ Περσεὺσ πάλιν τὰ πρὸ τοῦ κήτουσ ἐκεῖνα τολμῶν καὶ ἡ Μέδουσα τεμνομένη τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ Ἀθηνᾶ σκέπουσα τὸν Περσέα· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 25:1)

Synonyms

  1. whale

  2. abyss

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