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κόραξ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κόραξ κόρακος

Structure: κορακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. raven, crow
  2. cormorant
  3. anything hooked or curved
  4. door handle
  5. engine for grappling ships
  6. hook
  7. type of torture instrument
  8. cock's bill

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

  • κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ χρυσίον καιφάζ, βόστρυχοι αὐτοῦ ἐλάται, μέλανεσ ὡσ κόραξ. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 5:11)
  • ἐκκόψειέ γε κόραξ πατάξασ, τόν τε σὸν τοῦ πρέσβεωσ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 3:22)
  • ὁ κόραξ οἱο͂σ ἦλθ’ ἐξ Ὠρεοῦ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, iambics14)
  • οὔκουν ἐκεῖν’ ἀλλόκοτον, ὁ Θέωροσ κόραξ γιγνόμενοσ; (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 1:39)
  • ἄνθρωποσ ὢν εἶτ’ ἐγένετ’ ἐξαίφνησ κόραξ· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 1:43)

Synonyms

  1. raven

  2. cormorant

  3. door handle

  4. hook

  5. type of torture instrument

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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