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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

  • ὅσοι δ̓ ἂν εἰσ τέλοσ διακαρτερήσωσιν, οὗτοι πρὸσ τὸ ἄκρον ἀφικνοῦνται καὶ τὸ ἀπ̓ ἐκείνου εὐδαιμονοῦσι θαυμάσιόν τινα βίον τὸν λοιπὸν βιοῦντεσ, οἱο͂ν μύρμηκασ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕψουσ ἐπισκοποῦντέσ τινασ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ. (Lucian, 11:4)
  • ἢ φοβοῦνται τὸν πυρὸν ἐν ξηρῷ τρίβειν διὰ τοὺσ μύρμηκασ, εὐθὺσ γὰρ ἐπιτίθενται, εἰσ δὲ κριθὰσ ἧττον φέρονται, δυσβάστακτοι γάρ εἰσι καὶ δυσπαρακόμιστοι διὰ μέγεθοσ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 16 3:1)
  • τὴν δ’ ἄρκτον λέγουσιν ἀσωμένην τοὺσ μύρμηκασ ἀναλαμβάνειν τῇ γλώττῃ καὶ καταπίνουσαν ἀπαλλάττεσθαι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 26 3:1)
  • 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)
  • τούτῳ Ζεὺσ ὄντι μόνῳ ἐν τῇ νήσῳ τοὺσ μύρμηκασ ἀνθρώπουσ ἐποίησε. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 12 6:12)
  • ὃ δὲ δὴ μάλιστα ἂν αὐτοὺσ ἀνιάσειε, τὸ μὲν χρυσίον μύρμηκάσ τινασ οἱούσ τοὺσ Ἰνδικοὺσ ἀνορύττοντασ ἐκ τῶν θησαυρῶν ἐκφέρειν νύκτωρ ἐσ τὸ δημόσιον· (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 1 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. ant

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