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κρατερῶνυξ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρατερῶνυξ κρατερωνῦχος

Structure: κρατερωνυχ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: o)/nuc

Sense

  1. strong-hoofed, solid-hoofed, strong-clawed

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

  • εἵματ’ ἄρα πτύξασα τίθει καλῆσ ἐπ’ ἀπήνησ, ζεῦξεν δ’ ἡμιόνουσ κρατερώνυχασ, ἂν δ’ ἔβη αὐτή, ὤτρυνεν δ’ Ὀδυσῆα, ἔποσ τ’ ἔφατ’ ἔκ τ’ ὀνόμαζεν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 6 25:2)
  • ἔπειτα δὲ πέφνε καὶ αὐτόν, ἵππουσ δ’ αὐτὸσ ἔχε κρατερώνυχασ ἐν μεγάροισι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 21 1:14)
  • αὐτὰρ ὅ γ’ ἡρ́ωσ ὧν ἵππων ἐπιβὰσ ἔλαβ’ ἡνία σιγαλόεντα, αἶψα δὲ Τυδεί̈δην μέθεπε κρατερώνυχασ ἵππουσ ἐμμεμαώσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 38:4)
  • ἀλλ’ ἄγε Πατρόκλῳ ἔφεπε κρατερώνυχασ ἵππουσ, αἴ κέν πώσ μιν ἕλῃσ, δώῃ δέ τοι εὖχοσ Ἀπόλλων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 60:9)
  • αὐτὰρ ὃ Πατρόκλῳ ἔφεπε κρατερώνυχασ ἵππουσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 62:4)

Synonyms

  1. strong-hoofed

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

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