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κράτος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κράτος κράτεος

Structure: κρατο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. might, strength
  2. act of strength, act of valour
  3. (in the plural) acts of violence
  4. dominion, power

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

  • ἐκεῖ συνέτριψε τὰ κράτη τῶν τόξων, ὅπλον καὶ ρομφαίαν καὶ πόλεμον. . (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 75:4)
  • σφαλερὰ δ’ οὐ φιλῶ στρατηγῶν κράτη. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, strophe 12)
  • ἀκούεισ δὲ καὶ τῶν ποιητῶν λεγόντων ὦ χρυσέ, δεξίωμα κάλλιστον καὶ χρυσὸσ γάρ ἐστιν ὃσ βροτῶν ἔχει κράτη. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 14:16)
  • Ἑρμῆ χθόνιε πατρῷ’ ἐποπτεύων κράτη, σωτὴρ γενοῦ μοι σύμμαχόσ τ’ αἰτουμένῳ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene8)
  • Ἑρμῆ χθόνιε πατρῷ’ ἐποπτεύων κράτη. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene23)
  • σὲ δὲ νῦν ἀναξιμόλπου Οὐρανίασ ὕμνοσ ἕκατι νίκ[ασ Ἀριστομένειον ὦ ποδάνεμον τέκοσ, γεραίρει προδόμοισ ἀοι‐ δαῖσ, ὅτι στάδιον κρατή‐ σασ Κέον εὐκλέϊξασ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 6 2:1)
  • πόλισ τ’ ὄλωλε καὶ πόσισ, κρατῇ δὲ σύ, ἡμεῖσ δὲ πρὸσ γυναῖκα μάρνασθαι μίαν οἱοῖ́ τε. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, antistrophe 3 4:34)

Synonyms

  1. might

  2. acts of violence

  3. dominion

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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