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κίρκος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κίρκος κίρκου

Structure: κιρκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. type of hawk or falcon
  2. type of wolf
  3. circle, ring
  4. racecourse, circus
  5. type of stone

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κίρκος κίρκω κίρκοι
Genitive κίρκου κίρκοιν κίρκων
Dative κίρκῳ κίρκοιν κίρκοις
Accusative κίρκον κίρκω κίρκους
Vocative κίρκε κίρκω κίρκοι

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

  • ἡ δ’ ἐσ πέλαγοσ πεφόρητο ἐντενέσ, ἠύτε τίσ τε δι’ ἠέροσ ὑψόθι κίρκοσ ταρσὸν ἐφεὶσ πνοιῇ φέρεται ταχύσ, οὐδὲ τινάσσει ῥιπήν, εὐκήλοισιν ἐνευδιόων πτερύγεσσιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 15:28)
  • κίρκοσ δ’ ἀφλάστῳ περικάππεσεν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 10:4)
  • οὐδέ κεν ἴρηξ κίρκοσ ὁμαρτήσειεν, ἐλαφρότατοσ πετεηνῶν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 11:8)
  • ὣσ ἄρα οἱ εἰπόντι ἐπέπτατο δεξιὸσ ὄρνισ, κίρκοσ, Ἀπόλλωνοσ ταχὺσ ἄγγελοσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 66:1)
  • ἠύ̈τε κίρκοσ ὄρεσφιν ἐλαφρότατοσ πετεηνῶν ῥηϊδίωσ οἴμησε μετὰ τρήρωνα πέλειαν, ἣ δέ θ’ ὕπαιθα φοβεῖται, ὃ δ’ ἐγγύθεν ὀξὺ λεληκὼσ ταρφέ’ ἐπαί̈σσει, ἑλέειν τέ ἑ θυμὸσ ἀνώγει· (Homer, Iliad, Book 22 12:6)

Synonyms

  1. type of hawk or falcon

  2. type of wolf

  3. circle

  4. type of stone

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