κτῆνος
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κτῆνος
κτήνους
Structure:
κτηνο
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- (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.
- ζῷα ἐόντα ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ἐσ ἄλλην μορφὴν μεμιμέαται, τὰ μὲν ἐνάλια, τὰ δὲ ἀνθρώπων, τὰ δὲ θηρῶν, τὰ δὲ πτηνῶν, τὰ δὲ κτηνέων. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 6:3)
- καὶ οὗτοι οὔτε κατὰ πόλιασ οὔτε ἐν τῇσι κώμῃσιν οἰκέουσι, νομάδεσ δέ εἰσι καὶ ἀνὰ τὰ οὔρεα βιοτεύουσι, φόρον δὲ οὗτοι ἀπὸ τῶν κτηνέων ἀποφέρουσι, καὶ θηρεύουσιν οὗτοι ἀνὰ τὴν χώρην ὄρνιθάσ τε καὶ ἄγρια θηρία. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 11 11:2)
- ἀλλὰ ἡ Κυρήνη γὰρ τῆσ Λιβύησ ἐν τοῖσι ἐρημοτέροισι πεπολισμένη ποιώδησ τέ ἐστι καὶ εὐύδροσ καὶ καρπῶν παντοίων καὶ κτηνέων πάμφοροσ ἔστε ἐπὶ τοῦ σιλφίου τὰσ ἐκφύσιασ· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 43 13:1)
- σπείρουσι δὲ οὐδέν, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ κτηνέων ζώουσι καὶ ἰχθύων· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 216 4:2)
- κατὰ μέν νυν τὰσ κεφαλὰσ τῶν θυομένων κτηνέων καὶ τὴν ἐπίσπεισιν τοῦ οἴνου πάντεσ Αἰγύπτιοι νόμοισι τοῖσι αὐτοῖσι χρέωνται ὁμοίωσ ἐσ πάντα τὰ ἱρά, καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου τοῦ νόμου οὐδὲ ἄλλου οὐδενὸσ ἐμψύχου κεφαλῆσ γεύσεται Αἰγυπτίων οὐδείσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 39 5:1)
Synonyms
-
A domestic animal
- πῶλος (a young animal, especially domestic)
