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λύγξ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λύγξ λυγκός

Structure: λυγκ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. lynx

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

  • μεμνημένοσ ἀεὶ καὶ κατέχων ἐναργῶσ τῆσ ποιητικῆσ τὴν περὶ τὸ ψεῦδοσ γοητείαν καὶ δυνάμενοσ λέγειν ἑκάστοτε πρὸσ αὐτὴν ὦ μηχάνημα λυγκὸσ αἰολώτερον τί παίζουσα τὰσ ὀφρῦσ συνάγεισ, τί δ’ ἐξαπατῶσα προσποιῇ διδάσκειν; (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 2 9:1)
  • δαίμων δ’ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα χορῶν, τοτὲ δ’ ἐσ μέσον ἑρ́πων, πυκνὰ ποσὶν διέπει, λαῖφοσ δ’ ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινὸν λυγκὸσ ἔχει, λιγυρῇσιν ἀγαλλόμενοσ φρένα μολπαῖσ ἐν μαλακῷ λειμῶνι, τόθι κρόκοσ ἠδ’ ὑάκινθοσ εὐώδησ θαλέθων καταμίσγεται ἄκριτα ποίῃ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:8)

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