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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κτῆνος κτήνει κτήνη
Genitive κτήνους κτήνοιν κτηνέων
Dative κτήνει κτήνοιν κτήνεσιν*
Accusative κτῆνος κτήνει κτήνη
Vocative κτῆνος κτήνει κτήνη

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 ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὰ θηρία τῆσ γῆσ κατὰ γένοσ, καὶ τὰ κτήνη κατὰ γένοσ αὐτῶν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἑρπετὰ τῆσ γῆσ κατὰ γένοσ αὐτῶν. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι καλά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:25)
  • καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία κατὰ γένοσ καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη κατὰ γένοσ καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν κινούμενον ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ κατὰ γένοσ καὶ πᾶν ὄρνεον πετεινὸν κατὰ γένοσ αὐτοῦ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:14)
  • καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία, καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη, καὶ πᾶν πετεινόν, καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν κινούμενον ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ κατὰ γένοσ αὐτῶν, ἐξήλθοσαν ἐκ τῆσ κιβωτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:19)
  • ἐγένετο δὲ αὐτῷ κτήνη προβάτων καὶ κτήνη βοῶν καὶ γεώργια πολλά. ἐζήλωσαν δὲ αὐτὸν οἱ Φυλιστιείμ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:14)

Synonyms

  1. A domestic animal

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