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ὄροβος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄροβος ὀρόβου

Structure: ὀροβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bitter vetch, Vicia ervilia

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

  • δεινὰσ δὲ βασάνων ὁδοὺσ ἐπενόουν πρὸσ ἔρευναν τροφῆσ, ὀρόβοισ μὲν ἐμφράττοντεσ τοῖσ ἀθλίοισ τοὺσ τῶν αἰδοίων πόρουσ, ῥάβδοισ δ’ ὀξείαισ ἀναπείροντεσ τὰσ ἕδρασ, τὰ φρικτὰ δὲ καὶ ἀκοαῖσ ἔπασχέ τισ εἰσ ἐξομολόγησιν ἑνὸσ ἄρτου καὶ ἵνα μηνύσῃ δράκα μίαν κεκρυμμένην ἀλφίτων. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 491:1)
  • φύεσθαι γὰρ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ κάλαμον πολύν, φέροντα καρπὸν δαψιλῆ, παρεμφερῆ τοῖσ λευκοῖσ ὀρόβοισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 57 2:1)

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