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κουρεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κουρεύς κουρέως

Structure: κουρευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kei/rw

Sense

  1. a barber, hair-cutter

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

  • ἵνα δὲ καὶ γελοιοτέρῳ τινὶ τὰ σὰ εἰκάσω, τοὺσ κουρέασ τούτουσ ἐπίσκεψαι, καὶ ὄψει τοὺσ μὲν τεχνίτασ αὐτῶν ξυρὸν καὶ μαχαιρίδασ καὶ κάτοπτρον σύμμετρον ἔχοντασ, τοὺσ δὲ. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 29:3)
  • εἰσ κουρέασ τὸν δασὺν Ἑρμογένην ζητεῖ πόθεν ἄρξεθ’ ὁ κουρεὺσ κείρειν τὴν κεφαλήν, ὄνθ’ ὅλον ὡσ κεφαλήν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1901)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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