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μύρτον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: μύρτον μύρτου

Structure: μυρτ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: from mu/rtos

Sense

  1. a myrtle-berry

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μύρτον μύρτω μύρτα
Genitive μύρτου μύρτοιν μύρτων
Dative μύρτῳ μύρτοιν μύρτοις
Accusative μύρτον μύρτω μύρτα
Vocative μύρτον μύρτω μύρτα

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

  • καὶ ἄρτον τε ἡ Δημήτηρ παρεῖχε καὶ ὁ Διόνυσοσ οἶνον καὶ ὁ Ἡρακλῆσ κρέα καὶ μύρτα ἡ Ἀφροδίτη καὶ ὁ Ποσειδῶν μαινίδασ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 26:5)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀρτίωσ νὴ τὸν Δία εὕδει καταφαγὼν μύρτα καὶ σέρφουσ τινάσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Prologue 2:44)
  • νεμόμεσθα δ’ ἐν κήποισ τὰ λευκὰ σήσαμα καὶ μύρτα καὶ μήκωνα καὶ σισύμβρια. (Aristophanes, Birds, Prologue 4:31)
  • ἠρινά τε βοσκόμεθα παρθένια λευκότροφα μύρτα Χαρίτων τε κηπεύματα. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, antistrophe 15)
  • μύρτα τε καὶ ἰά καὶ ἑλίχρυσοσ, μᾶλά τε καὶ ῥόδα καί τέρεινα δάφνα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 27 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. a myrtle-berry

Related

Similar forms

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

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