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κῦμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κῦμα κύματος

Structure: κυματ (Stem)

Etym.: ku/w

Sense

  1. swell, wave, billow, (figuratively) a wave or flood of men
  2. (in Tragedy) wave of adversity

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

  • οὐ προσεῖδόν με οἱ ἐγγύτατοί μου. ὥσπερ χειμάρρουσ ἐκλείπων ἢ ὥσπερ κῦμα παρῆλθόν με. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 6:15)
  • καὶ τὸν κόπον ἐπιλήσῃ ὥσπερ κῦμα παρελθὸν καὶ οὐ πτοηθήσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 11:16)
  • ἐγγύη πολλοὺσ ἀπώλεσε κατευθύνοντασ καὶ ἐσάλευσεν αὐτοὺσ ὡσ κῦμα θαλάσσησ. ἄνδρασ δυνατοὺσ ἀπῴκισε καὶ ἐπλανήθησαν ἐν ἔθνεσιν ἀλλοτρίοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 29:17)
  • καὶ εἰ ἤκουσασ τῶν ἐντολῶν μου, ἐγένετο ἂν ὡσεὶ ποταμὸσ ἡ εἰρήνη σου καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου ὡσ κῦμα θαλάσσησ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 48:18)
  • ἡ δ’ ἐμὴ πολιτεία καὶ ὁ τότε θόρυβοσ συνεπέστησε τὴν πόλιν, καὶ διεκώλυσεν ὥσπερ κῦμα πανταχόθεν ἐπικλύσαι τὴν Ἀττικήν, καὶ τὴν ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ παρασκευὴν ἔτρεψεν εἰσ Πέρσασ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 57:1)

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