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μηκάς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηκάς μηκάδος

Structure: μηκαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from mhka/omai

Sense

  1. the bleating one

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μηκάς μηκάδε μηκάδες
Genitive μηκάδος μηκάδοιν μηκάδων
Dative μηκάδι μηκάδοιν μηκάσιν*
Accusative μηκάδα μηκάδε μηκάδας
Vocative μηκά μηκάδε μηκάδες

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

  • ᾡπόλοσ ὅκκ’ ἐσορῇ τὰσ μηκάδασ οἱᾶ βατεῦνται, τάκεται ὀφθαλμώσ, ὅτι οὐ τράγοσ αὐτὸσ ἔγεντο. (Theocritus, Idylls, 60)
  • οὔτ’ ἄρα ποίμνῃσιν καταί̈σχεται οὔτ’ ἀρότοισιν, ἀλλ’ ἥ γ’ ἄσπαρτοσ καὶ ἀνήροτοσ ἤματα πάντα ἀνδρῶν χηρεύει, βόσκει δέ τε μηκάδασ αἶγασ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 9:4)
  • ἑζόμενοσ δ’ ἤμελγεν ὀίσ καὶ μηκάδασ αἶγασ, πάντα κατὰ μοῖραν, καὶ ὑπ’ ἔμβρυον ἧκεν ἑκάστῃ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 19:8)
  • αὐτὰρ ἔπειτ’ ἐπέθηκε θυρεὸν μέγαν ὑψόσ’ ἀείρασ, ἑζόμενοσ δ’ ἤμελγεν ὀίσ καὶ μηκάδασ αἶγασ, πάντα κατὰ μοῖραν, καὶ ὑπ’ ἔμβρυον ἧκεν ἑκάστῃ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 30:14)

Synonyms

  1. the bleating one

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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