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κολοφών

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κολοφών κολοφῶνος

Structure: κολοφων (Stem)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. a summit, top, finishing
  2. a type of playing ball
  3. (according to Hesychius) jackdaw, daw, grackle
  4. (according to Hesychius) a type of sea-fish

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

  • ὁ Ἀπόλλων τε αὖ πολυπράγμονα τήν τέχνην ἐπανελόμενοσ ὀλίγου δεῖν τὰ ὦτα ἐκκεκώφηται πρὸσ τῶν ἐνοχλούντων κατὰ χρείαν τῆσ μαντικῆσ, καὶ ἄρτι μὲν αὐτῷ ἐν Δελφοῖσ ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι, μετ’ ὀλίγον δὲ εἰσ Κολοφῶνα θεῖ, κἀκεῖθεν εἰσ Ξάνθον μεταβαίνει καὶ δρομαῖοσ αὖθισ εἰσ Δῆλον ἢ εἰσ Βραγχίδασ· (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 1:5)
  • ἄμεινον μὲν ἦν, ὦ πάτερ, ἐν Δελφοῖσ ἢ Κολοφῶνι τὰ τοιαῦτα ποιεῖν, ἁπάντων μοι τῶν χρησίμων παρόντων, ὡσ ἔθοσ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 30:7)
  • "καὶ καταληφθέντοσ τοῦ ἄστεοσ ὑπὸ τῶν περὶ τὸν Ὀρτύγην πολλοὶ μὲν ἀναιροῦνται τῶν τοῦ Κνωποῦ φίλων καὶ ἡ Κλεονίκη μαθοῦσα φεύγει εἰσ Κολοφῶνα . (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 74 1:4)
  • "Ἀρχεάνασσαν ἔχω τὴν ἐκ Κολοφῶνοσ ἑταίρην, ἧσ καὶ ἐπὶ ῥυτίδων πικρὸσ ἔπεστιν ἔρωσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 55 1:23)
  • Λυδῆσ δ’ Ἀντίμαχοσ Λυδηίδοσ ἐκ μὲν ἔρωτοσ πληγεὶσ Πακτωλοῦ ῥεῦμ’ ἐπέβη ποταμοῦ ἀδρανίῃ δὲ θανοῦσαν ὑπὸ ξηρὴν θέτο γαῖαν κλαίων, αἰάζων δ’ ἦλθεν ἀποπρολιπὼν ἄκρην ἐσ Κολοφῶνα γόων δ’ ἐνεπλήσατο βίβλουσ ἱράσ, ι ἐκ παντὸσ παυσάμενοσ καμάτου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 71 5:3)
  • ἐοίκε δ’ ἡμᾶσ ἀπαλλάττειν τοῦ περὶ τούτων ἔτι πλείονα λέγειν ὁ κολοφὼν αὐτὸσ, ὃν ὁ Χρύσιπποσ τοῖσ δόγμασιν ἐπιτέθεικεν. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 121)
  • οὐχὶ πέδον Σμύρνησ ἐλοχεύσατο θεῖον Ὅμηρον, οὐ Κολοφὼν τρυφερῆσ ἄστρον Ιηὀνίησ, οὐ Χίοσ, οὐκ Αἴγυπτοσ ἐύσποροσ, οὐ Κύπροσ ἁγνή, οὐ νῆσοσ κραναὴ Λαρτιάδαο πάτρη, οὐκ Ἄργοσ Δαναοῖο, κυκλωπείη τε Μυκήνη, οὐδὲ τὸ Κεκροπιδῶν ἄστυ παλαιογόνων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2951)
  • ἑπτὰ ἐριδμαίνουσι πόλεισ διὰ ῥίζαν Ὁμήρου, Κύμη, Σμύρνα, Χίοσ, Κολοφών, Πύλοσ, Ἄργοσ, Ἀθῆναι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2971)
  • ἑπτὰ πόλεισ μάρναντο σοφὴν διὰ ῥίζαν Ὁμήρου, Σμύρνα, Χίοσ, Κολοφών, Ἰθάκη, Πύλοσ, Ἄργοσ, Ἀθῆναι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2981)
  • Κύμη δ’ ἢ Κολοφὼν πατρίσ, Ὅμηρε, σέθεν; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2995)

Synonyms

  1. a summit

  2. a type of playing ball

  3. jackdaw

  4. a type of sea-fish

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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