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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

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

  • ὁ μὲν δῆμοσ ἔν τε τοῖσ ἱππικοῖσ θεάτροισ, ἃ κίρκουσ καλοῦσι, περί τε τήν ἀγορὰν ἰκρία πηξάμενοι, καὶ τἆλλα τῆσ πόλεωσ μέρη καταλαβόντεσ, ὡσ ἕκαστα παρεῖχε τῆσ πομπῆσ ἔποψιν, ἐθεῶντο καθαραῖσ ἐσθῆσι κεκοσμημένοι. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 32 1:3)
  • οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι εἴξαντεσ ὑπέτρεσαν, ἠύτε κίρκουσ ὠκυπέτασ ἀγεληδὸν ὑποτρέσσωσι πέλειαι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 18:25)
  • ἐσ δὲ πελείασ καὶ κίρκουσ λεύσσοντεσ ἐρητύεσθε ἀέθλων; (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 10:16)

Synonyms

  1. type of hawk or falcon

  2. type of wolf

  3. circle

  4. type of stone

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