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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

  • μύρμηκοσ ἀτραπούσ, ἢ τί διαμινύρεται; (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics42)
  • 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 δὲ ἐξάψασ μύρμηκοσ λίνον καὶ τρήσασ τὸν κοχλίαν εἰάσε δι’ αὐτοῦ διελθεῖν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 1 24:1)
  • μύρμηκοσ πτερόεντοσ ὑπὲρ νώτοιο καθεσθεὶσ Ἄδραστοσ ῥήτωρ τοῖον ἔλεξεν ἔποσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3921)
  • ἐπιμελείσθω δὲ Νικάνωρ καὶ Μύρμηκοσ τοῦ παιδίου, ὅπωσ ἂν ἀξίωσ ἡμῶν τοῖσ ἰδίοισ ἐπικομισθῇ σὺν τοῖσ ὑπάρχουσιν ἃ εἰλήφαμεν αὐτοῦ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 14:4)
  • χρήματα δ’ οὐκ ἐθέλω συνάγειν κλυτά, κανθάρου ὄλβον μύρμηκόσ τ’ ἄφενοσ χρήματα μαιόμενοσ, ἀλλὰ δικαιοσύνησ μετέχειν καὶ πλοῦτον ἀγινεῖν εὔφορον, εὔκτητον, τίμιον εἰσ ἀρετήν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 5)

Synonyms

  1. ant

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