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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

  • καὶ ἐξαλοῦνται ὑπὲρ παρδάλεισ οἱ ἵπποι αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀξύτεροι ὑπὲρ τοὺσ λύκουσ τῆσ Ἀραβίασ. καὶ ἐξιππάσονται οἱ ἱππεῖσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁρμήσουσι μακρόθεν καὶ πετασθήσονται ὡσ ἀετὸσ πρόθυμοσ εἰσ τὸ φαγεῖν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 1:8)
  • γενομένων δὲ ^ τούτων ὡσ προσέταξεν, τοὺσ μὲν λέοντασ ἐκνηξαμένουσ εἰσ τὴν πολεμίαν οἱ βάρβαροι ξύλοισ κατειργάσαντο ὥσ τινασ κύνασ ἢ λύκουσ ξενικούσ· (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 48:5)
  • ἵππουσ γὰρ ἃσ ἔθρεψα κἀδιφρηλάτουν Ῥήσῳ παρεστώσ, εἶδον, ὡσ ὄναρ δοκῶν, λύκουσ ἐπεμβεβῶτασ ἑδραίαν ῥάχιν· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:2)
  • ἀγαθὸσ γάρ ἐστι καὶ διώκει τοὺσ λύκουσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 1:48)
  • ἡδέωσ δ’ ἄν σου πυθοίμην, εἴ τινασ ἔχεισ Ἕλληνασ ἐν τούτοισ, οὓσ λύκουσ καὶ λέοντασ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πεποίηκασ. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 1 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. wolf

  2. curb bit

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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