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κνύζα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κνύζα κνύζης

Structure: κνυζ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: poetic for ko/nuza, Theocr.

Sense

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κνύζα κνύζᾱ κνύζαι
Genitive κνύζης κνύζαιν κνυζῶν
Dative κνύζῃ κνύζαιν κνύζαις
Accusative κνύζαν κνύζᾱ κνύζᾱς
Vocative κνύζα κνύζᾱ κνύζαι

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 μὰν ἐσ Στομάλιμνον ἐλαύνεται ἔσ τε τὰ Φύσκω, καὶ ποτὶ τὸν Νήαιθον, ὅπᾳ καλὰ πάντα φύοντι, αἰγίπυροσ καὶ κνύζα καὶ εὐώδησ μελίτεια. (Theocritus, Idylls, 25)
  • χἁ στιβὰσ ἐσσεῖται πεπυκασμένα ἕστ’ ἐπὶ πᾶχυν κνύζᾳ τ’ ἀσφοδέλῳ τε πολυγνάμπτῳ τε σελίνῳ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 34)

Similar forms

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

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