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κόγχος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κόγχος κόγχου

Structure: κογχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. mussel, cockle
  2. small measure (especially of liquid)
  3. mussel shaped container for liquid
  4. The upper part of the skull
  5. lentil soup

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κόγχος κόγχω κόγχοι
Genitive κόγχου κόγχοιν κόγχων
Dative κόγχῳ κόγχοιν κόγχοις
Accusative κόγχον κόγχω κόγχους
Vocative κόγχε κόγχω κόγχοι

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

  • "τούτων ἁπάντων ἀκρίδασ ἀνταλλάσσομαι, κόγχων δὲ τὸν σέσιλον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 52162)
  • εἰ δὲ ἡ ἐκ τῶν κόγχων τροφὴ σπανίζει, καταφεύγουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν τῶν ἀκανθῶν σωρόν· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 16 6:2)
  • μάλιστα δέ φησι ζήτησιν παρασχεῖν πῶσ ἐν δισχιλίοισ καὶ τρισχιλίοισ ἀπὸ θαλάττησ σταδίοισ κατὰ τὴν μεσόγαιαν ὁρᾶται πολλαχοῦ κόγχων καὶ ὀστρέων καὶ χηραμύδων πλῆθοσ καὶ λιμνοθάλατται, καθάπερ φησὶ περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἄμμωνοσ καὶ τὴν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ὁδὸν τρισχιλίων σταδίων οὖσαν· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 3 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. mussel

  2. small measure

  3. The upper part of the skull

  4. lentil soup

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