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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

  • Ο δὲ ὄφισ ἦν φρονιμώτατοσ πάντων τῶν θηρίων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὧν ἐποίησε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ὄφισ τῇ γυναικί. τί ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ, οὐ μὴ φάγητε ἀπὸ παντὸσ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:1)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ὄφισ τῇ γυναικί. οὐ θανάτῳ ἀποθανεῖσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:4)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τῇ γυναικί. τί τοῦτο ἐποίησασ̣ καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνή. ὁ ὄφισ ἠπάτησέ με, καὶ ἔφαγον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:13)
  • καὶ γενηθήτω Δὰν ὄφισ ἐφ̓ ὁδοῦ, ἐγκαθήμενοσ ἐπὶ τρίβου, δάκνων πτέρναν ἵππου, καὶ πεσεῖται ὁ ἱππεὺσ εἰσ τὰ ὀπίσω, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:17)

Synonyms

  1. a serpent

  2. serpentine bracelet

  3. a type of creeping plant

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