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νοῦς

Second declension Noun; Masculine 이형 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νοῦς νοῦ

Structure: νο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. contracted form of νόος ‎(nóos)

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative νοῦς νῶ νοί
Genitive νοῦ νοῖν νῶν
Dative νῷ νοῖν νοῖς
Accusative νοῦν νῶ νοῦς
Vocative νοῦ νῶ νοί

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

  • νῦν με ἀποκλείεισ, ὦ Μυρτάλη, νῶν, ὅτε πένησ ἐγενόμην διὰ σέ, ὅτε δέ σοι τὰ τοσαῦτα ἐκόμιζον, ἐρώμενοσ, ἀνήρ, δεσπότησ, πάντ̓ ἦν ἐγώ. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:1)
  • ὡσ δὲ νῶν ἔχετε, ἀμάρτυροσ μὲν ἡ εὐδαιμονία, ἐπίφθονοσ δὲ ὁ πλοῦτοσ, ἀηδὴσ δὲ ὁ βίοσ. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 3 3:7)
  • πεύσεται δ’ ἄλλοσ ἄλλοθεν, προφω‐ νῶν τὰ τῶν πέλασ κακά, λῆξιν ὑπόδοσίν τε μόχθων· (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • νῶν δ’ ὀλεθρία νὺξ ἐπ’ ὄμμασιν βέβακε. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, strophe 18)
  • αἴκ’ ἐνθὼν θαλάρωσ τε πλέκοισ καὶ θαλλὸν ἀμάσασ ταῖσ ἄρνεσσι φέροισ, τάχα κα πολὺ μᾶλλον ἔχοισ νῶν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 37)
  • ὡρ́α ’στὶ νῷν ἤδη βαδίζειν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode31)
  • ὁ θεὸσ ἀμοχθὶ κεῖσε νῷν ἡγήσεται. (Euripides, episode18)
  • ἢ γάρ τισ ἀροτὴρ ἤ τισ οἰκέτισ γυνὴ φανήσεται νῷν, ἥντιν’ ἱστορήσομεν εἰ τούσδε ναίει σύγγονοσ τόπουσ ἐμή. (Euripides, episode 6:2)
  • οἴμοι τοῦ καταφθιμένου τοῦ τε ζῶντοσ ἀλάτα, ὅσ που γᾶν ἄλλαν κατέχει, μέλεοσ ἀλαί‐ νων ποτὶ θῆσσαν ἑστίαν, τοῦ κλεινοῦ πατρὸσ ἐκφύσ. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 36)
  • κοινῇ δίδωμι τοῦτο νῷν ἀμφοῖν ἔχειν. (Euripides, episode22)

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