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νυκτερίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νυκτερίς νυκτερίδος

Structure: νυκτεριδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: nu/kteros

Sense

  1. a bat

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

  • τοὺσ τῶν τεχνυδρίων φιλοσόφουσ τοῖσ ἐν ταῖσ ἑστιάσεσιν ἔφη ἐπαμφοτερίζουσιν ἐοικέναι καὶ τῷ τῶν παίδων αἰνίγματι τῷ περὶ τοῦ εὐνούχου τῆσ βολῆσ πέρι τῆσ νυκτερίδοσ, ᾧ καὶ ἐφ’ οὗ αὐτὸν αὐτὴν αἰνίττονται βαλεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 76 2:1)
  • τοῖσ ἐν ταῖσ ἑστιάσεσιν, ἔφη, ἐπαμφοτερίζουσιν ἐοίκεν, καὶ τῷ τῶν παίδων αἰνίγματι τῷ περὶ τοῦ εὐνούχου, τῆσ βολῆσ πέρι τῆσ νυκτερίδοσ, ᾧ καὶ ἐφ’ οὗ αὐτὸν αὐτὴν αἰνίττονται βαλεῖν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 6)
  • τοῖσ ἐν ταῖσ ἑστιάσεσιν, ἔφη, ἐπαμφοτερίζουσιν ἐοίκεν, καὶ τῷ τῶν παίδων αἰνίγματι τῷ περὶ τοῦ εὐνούχου, τῆσ βολῆσ πέρι τῆσ νυκτερίδοσ, ᾧ καὶ ἐφ’ οὗ αὐτὸν αὐτὴν αἰνίττονται βαλεῖν· (Plato, Republic, book 5 734:1)
  • πτίλα δὲ οὐ πτερωτὰ φορέει ἀλλὰ τοῖσι τῆσ νυκτερίδοσ πτεροῖσι μάλιστά κῃ ἐμφερέστατα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 76 4:1)

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

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