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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

  • ^ οἶμαί σε πολλάκισ ἤδη μυρμήκων ἀγορὰν ἑωρακέναι, τοὺσ μὲν εἰλουμένουσ περὶ τὸ στόμα τοῦ φωλεοῦ κἀν τῷ μέσῳ πολιτευομένουσ,^ ἐνίουσ δ’ ἐξιόντασ, ἑτέρουσ δὲ ἐπανιόντασ αὖθισ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν καὶ ὁ μέν τισ τὴν κόπρον ἐκφέρει, ὁ δὲ ἁρπάσασ ποθὲν ἢ κυάμου λέποσ ἢ πυροῦ ἡμίτομον θεῖ φέρων. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 19:3)
  • εἰκὸσ δὲ εἶναι παρ’ αὐτοῖσ κατὰ λόγον τοῦ μυρμήκων βίου καὶ οἰκοδόμουσ τινὰσ καὶ δημαγωγοὺσ καὶ πρυτάνεισ καὶ μουσικοὺσ καὶ φιλοσόφουσ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 19:4)
  • εἰ δέ σοι μικρὸν δοκεῖ τὸ παράδειγμα, τὸ ἀνθρώπουσ εἰκάσαι τῇ μυρμήκων πολιτείᾳ, τοὺσ παλαιοὺσ μύθουσ ἐπίσκεψαι τῶν Θετταλῶν εὑρήσεισ γὰρ τοὺσ Μυρμιδόνασ, τὸ μαχιμώτατον φῦλον, ἐκ μυρμήκων ἄνδρασ γεγονότασ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 19:6)
  • 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)

Synonyms

  1. ant

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