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οἰήϊον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 이형 Transliteration:

Principal Part: οἰήϊον οἰηί̈ου

Structure: οἰηϊ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: epic for oi)/hc, oi)/ac

Sense

  1. (Epic) Alternative spelling of οἴαξ ‎(oíax)

Declension

Second 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

  • καί ῥ’ οἵ περ τὸ πάροσ γε νεῶν ἐν ἀγῶνι μένεσκον οἵ τε κυβερνῆται καὶ ἔχον οἰήϊα νηῶν καὶ ταμίαι παρὰ νηυσὶν ἔσαν σίτοιο δοτῆρεσ, καὶ μὴν οἳ τότε γ’ εἰσ ἀγορὴν ἴσαν, οὕνεκ’ Ἀχιλλεὺσ ἐξεφάνη, δηρὸν δὲ μάχησ ἐπέπαυτ’ ἀλεγεινῆσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 19 6:2)
  • ἐκλέγεται κυβερνήτησ καὶ κυβερνήτην ναύκληροσ εὖ μὲν ἐνὶ πρύμνῃ οἰήιον, εὖ δὲ κεραίην εἰδότασ ἐντείνασθαι ἐπορνυμένου ἀνέμοιο· (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 13 8:1)
  • "ὣσ ἐφάμην, ὁ δ’ ἔπειτα χολώσατο κηρόθι μᾶλλον, ἧκε δ’ ἀπορρήξασ κορυφὴν ὄρεοσ μεγάλοιο, κὰδ δ’ ἔβαλε προπάροιθε νεὸσ κυανοπρῴροιο τυτθόν, ἐδεύησεν δ’ οἰήιον ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι, ἐκλύσθη δὲ θάλασσα κατερχομένησ ὑπὸ πέτρησ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 49:1)
  • αὐτὰρ ὅ γ’ ἐξαῦτισ πολὺ μείζονα λᾶαν ἀείρασ ἧκ’ ἐπιδινήσασ, ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶν’ ἀπέλεθρον, κὰδ’ δ’ ἔβαλεν μετόπισθε νεὸσ κυανοπρῴροιο τυτθόν, ἐδεύησεν δ’ οἰήιον ἄκρον ἱκέσθαι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 58:2)

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