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λύκος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λύκος λύκου

Structure: λυκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wolf
  2. curb bit
  3. a kind of jackdaw

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λύκος λύκω λύκοι
Genitive λύκου λύκοιν λύκων
Dative λύκῳ λύκοιν λύκοις
Accusative λύκον λύκω λύκους
Vocative λύκε λύκω λύκοι

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

  • οἱ ἄρχοντεσ αὐτῆσ ἐν αὐτῇ ὡσ λέοντεσ ὠρυόμενοι. οἱ κριταὶ αὐτῆσ ὡσ λύκοι τῆσ Ἀραβίασ, οὐχ ὑπελίποντο εἰσ τὸ πρωί̈. (Septuagint, Prophetia Sophoniae 3:3)
  • τότε λύκοι καὶ ἄρνεσ βοσκηθήσονται ἅμα, καὶ λέων ὡσ βοῦσ φάγεται ἄχυρα, ὄφισ δὲ γῆν ὡσ ἄρτον. οὐκ ἀδικήσουσιν οὐδὲ μὴ λυμανοῦνται ἐπὶ τῷ ὄρει τῷ ἁγίῳ μου, λέγει Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 65:25)
  • οἱ ἄρχοντεσ αὐτῆσ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆσ ὡσ λύκοι ἁρπάζοντεσ ἁρπάγματα τοῦ ἐκχέαι αἷμα, ὅπωσ πλεονεξίᾳ πλεονεκτῶσι. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 22:27)
  • τὰ δὲ πρόβατα ἴσωσ οἱ λύκοι διαρπάσονται ἤδη ἐρήμοισ ἐπιπεσόντεσ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 4:2)
  • ἀποφαίνουσαι τὴν φύσιν αὐτοῦ λύκοι ἐξαίφνησ ἐγένοντο. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, anapests39)

Synonyms

  1. wolf

  2. curb bit

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