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μορμολυκεῖον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: μορμολυκεῖον μορμολυκεῖου

Structure: μορμολυκει (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: = mormw/, Plat.

Sense

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

  • εἶτα διὰ τοῦτον ταῖσ γυναικωνίτισιν σφραγῖδασ ἐπιβάλλουσιν ἤδη καὶ μοχλοὺσ τηροῦντεσ ἡμᾶσ, καὶ προσέτι Μολοττικοὺσ τρέφουσι μορμολυκεῖα τοῖσ μοιχοῖσ κύνασ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene26)
  • ὡρ́α τοίνυν με σκοπεῖν, μὴ καὶ τοὐμὸν ὅμοιον ᾖ τῷ Ἀντιόχῳ καὶ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα οὐκ ἄξια μάχησ, ἐλέφαντεσ δέ τινεσ καὶ ξένα μορμολύκεια πρὸσ τοὺσ ὁρῶντασ καὶ θαυματοποιία ἄλλωσ· (Lucian, Zeuxis 22:1)
  • τοῦτον οὖν πειρῶ μεταπείθειν μὴ δεδιέναι τὸν θάνατον ὥσπερ τὰ μορμολύκεια. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 370:3)
  • ταῦτα δ’ ὁ Σωκράτησ καλῶσ ποιῶν μορμολύκεια ἐκάλει. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 14:3)

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

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