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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

  • οὐχ ἅψετε αὐτοῦ χείρ. ἐν γὰρ λίθοισ λιθοβοληθήσεται ἢ βολίδι κατατοξευθήσεται. ἐάν τε κτῆνοσ ἐάν τε ἄνθρωποσ, οὐ ζήσεται. ὅταν αἱ φωναὶ καὶ αἱ σάλπιγγεσ καὶ ἡ νεφέλη ἀπέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρουσ, ἐκεῖνοι ἀναβήσονται ἐπὶ τὸ ὄροσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 19:13)
  • ἐὰν δὲ καταβοσκήσῃ τισ ἀγρὸν ἢ ἀμπελῶνα καὶ ἀφῇ τὸ κτῆνοσ αὐτοῦ καταβοσκῆσαι ἀγρὸν ἕτερον, ἀποτίσει ἐκ τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὸ γέννημα αὐτοῦ. ἐὰν δὲ πάντα τὸν ἀγρὸν καταβοσκήσῃ, τὰ βέλτιστα τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ βέλτιστα τοῦ ἀμπελῶνοσ αὐτοῦ ἀποτίσει. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 22:5)
  • ἐὰν δέ τισ δῷ τῷ πλησίον ὑποζύγιον ἢ μόσχον ἢ πρόβατον ἢ πᾶν κτῆνοσ φυλάξαι, καὶ συντριβῇ ἢ τελευτήσῃ ἢ αἰχμάλωτον γένηται, καὶ μηδεὶσ γνῷ, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 22:10)
  • πᾶν κτῆνοσ διχηλοῦν ὁπλὴν καὶ ὀνυχιστῆρασ ὀνυχίζον δύο χηλῶν καὶ ἀνάγον μηρυκισμὸν ἐν τοῖσ κτήνεσι, ταῦτα φάγεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 11:3)
  • καὶ γυνή, ἥτισ προσελεύσεται πρὸσ πᾶν κτῆνοσ βιβασθῆναι αὐτὴν ὑπ̓ αὐτοῦ, ἀποκτενεῖτε τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ τὸ κτῆνοσ. θανάτῳ θανατούσθωσαν, ἔνοχοί εἰσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 20:16)
  • τῇ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ σάββατα Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου. οὐ ποιήσεισ ἐν αὐτῇ πᾶν ἔργον, σὺ καὶ ὁ υἱόσ σου καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ σου, ὁ παῖσ σου καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη σου, ὁβοῦσ σου καὶ τὸ ὑποζύγιόν σου καὶ πᾶν κτῆνόσ σου καὶ ὁ προσήλυτοσ ὁ παροικῶν ἐν σοί. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 20:10)

Synonyms

  1. A domestic animal

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