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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 εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ τῷ ὄφει. ἀπὸ καρποῦ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου φαγούμεθα, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:2)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ τῷ ὄφει. ὅτι ἐποίησασ τοῦτο, ἐπικατάρατοσ σὺ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν θηρίων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. ἐπὶ τῷ στήθει σου καὶ τῇ κοιλίᾳ πορεύσῃ καὶ γῆν φαγῇ πάσασ τὰσ ἡμέρασ τῆσ ζωῆσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:14)
  • ἐφ’ οὗ βέβηκεν ἱέραξ ὄφει μαχόμενοσ, τῷ μὲν ἵππῳ τὸν Τυφῶνα δεικνύντεσ, τῷ δ’ ἱέρακι δύναμιν καὶ ἀρχήν, ἣν βίᾳ κτώμενοσ ὁ Τυφὼν πολλάκισ οὐκ ἀνίεται ταραττόμενοσ ὑπὸ τῆσ; (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 50 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a serpent

  2. serpentine bracelet

  3. a type of creeping plant

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