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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

  • καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρασ ἠνέῳξε Νῶε τὴν θυρίδα τῆσ κιβωτοῦ, ἣν ἐποίησε, καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὸν κόρακα τοῦ ἰδεῖν, εἰ κεκόπακε τὸ ὕδωρ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:6)
  • καὶ πάντα κόρακα καὶ τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ καὶ ἱέρακα καὶ τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 11:16)
  • καὶ πάντα κόρακα καὶ τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 14:14)
  • χωρὶσ δὲ οἵ τε πλούσιοι καὶ τοκογλύφοι προσῄεσαν ὠχροὶ καὶ προγάστορεσ καὶ ποδαγροί, κλοιὸν ἕκαστοσ αὐτῶν καὶ κόρακα διτάλαντον ἐπικείμενοσ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 11:4)
  • ἐὰν δὲ τοὺσ ὄρνισ ἔχητε συμμάχουσ, ὅταν ὀμνύῃ τισ τὸν κόρακα καὶ τὸν Δία, ὁ κόραξ παρελθὼν τοὐπιορκοῦντοσ λάθρᾳ προσπτόμενοσ ἐκκόψει τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν θενών. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 2:4)

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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