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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

  • εἰ δὲ εὐπορίη ὀποῦ τοῦ σιλφίου τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆσ Κυρήνησ γένοιτο, τόνδε χρὴ μέλιτι ἑφθῷ ἐνειλίξαντα, ὁκόσον ὀρόβου μέγεθοσ, καταπιεῖν διδόναι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 260)
  • οἱ δ’ ὑπὲρ ἔτη τριάκοντα παρὰ τούτων λαμβάνοντεσ ὡρισμένον μέτρον τοῦ λατομήματοσ ἐν ὅλμοισ λιθίνοισ τύπτουσι σιδηροῖσ ὑπέροισ, ἄχρι ἂν ὀρόβου τὸ μέγεθοσ κατεργάσωνται. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 13 1:2)

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