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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

  • τίσ δὲ ἡτοίμασε κόρακι βοράν̣ νεοσσοὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ πρὸσ Κύριον κεκράγασι πλανώμενοι, τὰ σῖτα ζητοῦντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 38:41)
  • λευκῷ τοίνυν κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν ἐοίκε κόρακι μήτ’ αὐτοῖσ τοῖσ κόραξιν ἀναμιχθῆναι δυναμένῳ διὰ τὴν χρόαν μήτε ταῖσ περιστεραῖσ διὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ, ἀλλ’ οὔτι που τούτου γ’ ἕνεκα παροπτέοσ· (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1727)
  • αὐτόσ τε διετέλεσεν ἐξ ἐκείνου συμβόλῳ κατὰ τοῦ κράνουσ κοσμούμενοσ κόρακι, καὶ ταῖσ εἰκόσιν αὐτοῦ πάσαισ οἱ πλάττοντεσ καὶ γράφοντεσ τοῦτο τὸ ζῷον ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐφήρμοττον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 15, chapter 1 4:3)
  • τούτων τῶν κοσσύφων μέγεθοσ μὲν κατὰ τοὺσ Λυδούσ ἐστιν ὄρνιθασ, χρόα δὲ ἐμφερὴσ κόρακι, κάλλαια δὲ καὶ ὁ λόφοσ κατὰ ἀνεμώνην μάλιστα· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 22 6:2)

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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