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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

  • θυμὸσ αὐτοῖσ κατὰ τὴν ὁμοίωσιν τοῦ ὄφεωσ, ὡσεὶ ἀσπίδοσ κωφῆσ καὶ βυούσησ τὰ ὦτα αὐτῆσ, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 57:5)
  • ἠκόνησαν γλῶσσαν αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ ὄφεωσ, ἰὸσ ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν. . (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 139:4)
  • θυμὸν δὲ δρακόντων θηλάσειεν, ἀνέλοι δὲ αὐτὸν γλῶσσα ὄφεωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 20:16)
  • τὸ δὲ ἔσχατον ὥσπερ ὑπὸ ὄφεωσ πεπληγὼσ ἐκτείνεται, καὶ ὥσπερ ὑπὸ κεράστου διαχεῖται αὐτῷ ὁ ἰόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 23:32)
  • ἴχνη ἀετοῦ πετομένου καὶ ὁδοὺσ ὄφεωσ ἐπὶ πέτρασ καὶ τρίβουσ νηὸσ ποντοπορούσησ καὶ ὁδοὺσ ἀνδρὸσ ἐν νεότητι. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:55)

Synonyms

  1. a serpent

  2. serpentine bracelet

  3. a type of creeping plant

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