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μηρός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηρός μηροῦ

Structure: μηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. the thigh
  2. the leg-bones

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μηρός μηρώ μηροί
Genitive μηροῦ μηροῖν μηρῶν
Dative μηρῷ μηροῖν μηροῖς
Accusative μηρόν μηρώ μηρούς
Vocative μηρέ μηρώ μηροί

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

  • εἶδε δέ, ὅτι οὐ δύναται πρὸσ αὐτόν, καὶ ἥψατο τοῦ πλάτουσ τοῦ μηροῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνάρκησε τὸ πλάτοσ τοῦ μηροῦ Ἰακὼβ ἐν τῷ παλαίειν αὐτὸν μετ̓ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:25)
  • ἕνεκεν τούτου οὐ μὴ φάγωσιν υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τὸ νεῦρον, ὃ ἐνάρκησεν, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοῦ πλάτουσ τοῦ μηροῦ, ἕωσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ταύτησ, ὅτι ἥψατο τοῦ πλάτουσ τοῦ μηροῦ Ἰακὼβ τοῦ νεύρου, ὃ ἐνάρκησεν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:32)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἅμα τῷ ἀναστῆναι αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξέτεινεν Ἀὼδ τὴν χεῖρα τὴν ἀριστερὰν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν μάχαιραν ἐπάνωθεν τοῦ μηροῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ δεξιοῦ καὶ ἐνέπηξεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ αὐτοῦ (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 3:21)

Synonyms

  1. the thigh

  2. the leg-bones

Related

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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