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ὄφις

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄφις ὄφεως

Structure: ὀφι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: The first syll. is sometimes made long, when it was pronounced (and perh. ought to be written) o)/pfis, v. o)xe/w.

Sense

  1. a serpent, snake
  2. serpentine bracelet
  3. a type of creeping plant

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

  • καὶ τὴν ράβδον ταύτην τὴν στραφεῖσαν εἰσ ὄφιν λήψῃ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου, ἐν ᾗ ποιήσεισ ἐν αὐτῇ τὰ σημεῖα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 4:17)
  • βάδισον πρὸσ Φαραὼ τὸ πρωί̈. ἰδοὺ αὐτὸσ ἐκπορεύεται ἐπὶ τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ ἔσῃ συναντῶν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖλοσ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ τὴν ράβδον τὴν στραφεῖσαν εἰσ ὄφιν λήψῃ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 7:15)
  • καὶ παραγενόμενοσ ὁ λαὸσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν ἔλεγον. ὅτι ἡμάρτομεν, ὅτι κατελαλήσαμεν κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ κατὰ σοῦ. εὖξαι οὖν πρὸσ Κύριον, καὶ ἀφελέτω ἀφ’ ἡμῶν τὸν ὄφιν. καὶηὔξατο Μωυσῆσ πρὸσ Κύριον περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 21:7)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν. ποίησον σεαυτῷ ὄφιν καὶ θὲσ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ σημείου, καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν δάκῃ ὄφισ ἄνθρωπον, πᾶσ ὁ δεδηγμένοσ ἰδὼν αὐτὸν ζήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 21:8)
  • καὶ ἐποίησε Μωυσῆσ ὄφιν χαλκοῦν καὶ ἔστησεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ σημείου, καὶ ἐγένετο ὅταν ἔδακνεν ὄφισ ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὸν ὄφιν τὸν χαλκοῦν καὶ ἔζη. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 21:9)

Synonyms

  1. a serpent

  2. serpentine bracelet

  3. a type of creeping plant

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