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κτῆνος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κτῆνος κτήνους

Structure: κτηνο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kta/omai

Sense

  1. (mostly plural) A domestic animal

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

  • Καὶ Ἰακὼβ ἀπαίρει εἰσ σκηνάσ. καὶ ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ ἐκεῖ οἰκίασ καὶ τοῖσ κτήνεσιν αὐτοῦ ἐποίησε σκηνάσ. διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου, Σκηναί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 33:17)
  • καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ κτήνεσιν, ὅ ἐστι διχηλοῦν ὁπλήν, καὶ ὀνυχιστῆρασ ὀνυχίζει καὶ μηρυκισμὸν οὐ μηρυκᾶται, ἀκάθαρτα ἔσονται ὑμῖν. πᾶσ ὁ ἁπτόμενοσ τῶν θνησιμαίων αὐτῶν ἀκάθαρτοσ ἔσται ἕωσ ἑσπέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 11:26)
  • καὶ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ καὶ ἔλεγον. ἐπαύλεισ προβάτων οἰκοδομήσομεν ὧδε τοῖσ κτήνεσιν ἡμῶν καὶ πόλεισ ταῖσ ἀποσκευαῖσ ἡμῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 32:16)
  • καὶ οἰκοδομήσετε ὑμῖν αὐτοῖσ πόλεισ τῇ ἀποσκευῇ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐπαύλεισ τοῖσ κτήνεσιν ὑμῶν καὶ τὸ ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ τοῦ στόματοσ ὑμῶν ποιήσετε. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 32:24)
  • καὶ ἔσονται αὐτοῖσ αἱ πόλεισ κατοικεῖν, καὶ τὰ ἀφορίσματα αὐτῶν ἔσται τοῖσ κτήνεσιν αὐτῶν καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ τετράποσιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 35:3)

Synonyms

  1. A domestic animal

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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