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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κόραξ κόρακε κόρακες
Genitive κόρακος κοράκοιν κοράκων
Dative κόρακι κοράκοιν κόραξιν*
Accusative κόρακα κόρακε κόρακας
Vocative κόραξ κόρακε κόρακες

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

  • ἡμεῖσ δὲ ἀεὶ πλέοντεσ καὶ ἐκ παίδων σχεδὸν ἐργαζόμενοι ἐν τῷ Ἠριδανῷ ὀλίγουσ μὲν κύκνουσ ἐνίοτε ὁρῶμεν ἐν τοῖσ ἕλεσι τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ κρώζουσιν οὗτοι πάνυ ἄμουσον καὶ ἀσθενέσ, ὡσ τοὺσ κόρακασ ἢ τοὺσ κολοιοὺσ Σειρῆνασ εἶναι πρὸσ αὐτούσ, ᾀδόντων δὲ ἡδὺ καὶ οἱο͂ν σὺ φὴσ οὐδὲ ὄναρ ἀκηκόαμεν ὥστε θαυμάζομεν πόθεν ταῦτα εἰσ ὑμᾶσ ἀφίκετο περὶ ἡμῶν. (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 5:2)
  • παῦ’ ἐσ κόρακασ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode4)
  • βάλλ’ ἐσ κόρακασ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, lyric12)
  • βάλλ’ ἐσ κόρακασ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, lyric13)
  • τρέχε νυν κατὰ τοὺσ κόρακασ ἐπουρίσασ, <τρέχε. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Exodus, anapests1)

Synonyms

  1. raven

  2. cormorant

  3. door handle

  4. hook

  5. type of torture instrument

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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