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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

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

  • Βενιαμὶν λύκοσ ἅρπαξ. τὸ πρωϊνὸν ἔδεται ἔτι καὶ εἰσ τὸ ἑσπέρασ δίδωσι τροφήν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:27)
  • λέων πεινῶν καὶ λύκοσ διψῶν, ὃσ τυραννεῖ, πτωχὸσ ὤν, ἔθνουσ πενιχροῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 28:15)
  • τί κοινωνήσει λύκοσ ἀμνῷ̣ οὕτωσ ἁμαρτωλὸσ πρὸσ εὐσεβῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 13:17)
  • καὶ συμβοσκηθήσεται λύκοσ μετ̓ ἀρνόσ, καὶ πάρδαλισ συναναπαύσεται ἐρίφω, καὶ μοσχάριον καὶ ταῦροσ καὶ λέων ἅμα βοσκηθήσονται, καὶ παιδίον μικρὸν ἄξει αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 11:6)
  • διὰ τοῦτο ἔπαισεν αὐτοὺσ λέων ἐκ τοῦ δρυμοῦ, καὶ λύκοσ ἕωσ τῶν οἰκιῶν ὠλόθρευσεν αὐτούσ, καὶ πάρδαλισ ἐγρηγόρησεν ἐπὶ τὰσ πόλεισ αὐτῶν. πάντεσ οἱ ἐκπορευόμενοι ἀπ’ αὐτῶν θηρευθήσονται, ὅτι ἐπλήθυναν ἀσεβείασ αὐτῶν, ἴσχυσαν ἐν ταῖσ ἀποστροφαῖσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 5:6)

Synonyms

  1. wolf

  2. curb bit

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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