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μύρμηξ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μύρμηξ μύρμηκος

Structure: μυρμηκ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. ant
  2. a beast of prey in India

Declension

Third 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

  • Ἴθι πρὸσ τὸν μύρμηκα, ὦ ὀκνηρέ, καὶ ζήλωσον ἰδὼν τὰσ ὁδοὺσ αὐτοῦ καὶ γενοῦ ἐκείνου σοφώτεροσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:6)
  • λανθάνει γὰρ ἐν τῷ μεγέθει τῶν καλῶν τὸ λεχθὲν καὶ ἀμαυροῦται καὶ συναρπάζεται, καθάπερ εἰ λύχνον τισ εἰσ πυρκαϊὰν μεγάλην φέρων ἐμβάλλοι ἢ μύρμηκα ἐπ’ ἐλέφαντοσ ἢ καμήλου δεικνύοι. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 16:2)
  • ἐπεὶ καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν μυρμήκων λέγει Νέαρχοσ μύρμηκα μὲν αὐτὸσ οὐκ ἰδέειν, ὁκοῖον δή τινα μετεξέτεροι διέγραψαν γίνεσθαι ἐν τῇ Ἰνδῶν γῇ, δορὰσ δὲ καὶ τούτων ἰδεῖν πολλὰσ ἐσ τὸ στρατόπεδον κατακομισθείσασ τὸ Μακεδονικόν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 15 5:1)
  • αὐξήσει μὲν οὖν, οἱο͂ν εἴ τισ θέλοι τὰ τοῦ μύρμηκοσ ἔργα ἐπαινῶν λέγειν ὅτι οἰκονομικώτατόσ ἐστι περὶ τὴν τῶν καρπῶν συγκομιδὴν καὶ περὶ τὴν τούτων ἀπόθεσιν, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀγαθὸσ προϊδέσθαι τὰσ ὡρ́ασ τῶν θεῶν καὶ φρονιμώτατοσ πρὸσ τοὺσ καιροὺσ παρασκευάζεσθαι, καὶ ὅσα ἄν τισ εὑρ́οι μύρμηκα αὐξῶν. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , 11:7)
  • ὁ μὲν οὖν Κλεάνθησ ἔλεγε, καίπερ οὐ φάσκων μετέχειν λόγου τὰ ζῷα, τοιαύτῃ θεωρίᾳ παρατυχεῖν μύρμηκασ ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ μυρμηκιὰν ἑτέραν μύρμηκα νεκρὸν φέροντασ ἀνιόντασ οὖν ἐκ τῆσ μυρμηκιᾶσ ἐνίουσ οἱο͂ν ἐντυγχάνειν αὐτοῖσ; (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 11 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. ant

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