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ὀρτυγοθήρης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρτυγοθήρης ὀρτυγοθήρου

Structure: ὀρτυγοθηρ (Stem) + ᾱς (Ending)

Etym.: qhra/w

Sense

  1. a quail-catcher

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὀρτυγοθήρης ὀρτυγοθήρᾱ ὀρτυγοθῆραι
Genitive ὀρτυγοθήρου ὀρτυγοθήραιν ὀρτυγοθηρῶν
Dative ὀρτυγοθήρᾱͅ ὀρτυγοθήραιν ὀρτυγοθήραις
Accusative ὀρτυγοθήρᾱν ὀρτυγοθήρᾱ ὀρτυγοθήρᾱς
Vocative ὀρτυγοθήρᾱ ὀρτυγοθήρᾱ ὀρτυγοθῆραι

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

  • ἐπειδὰν ἢ πόλιν τινὰ θηρεύσωνται ἢ στρατόπεδον, παραδιδόασι τοῖσ πολιτικοῖσ ἀνδράσιν ‐ αὐτοὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἐπίστανται χρῆσθαι τούτοισ ἃ ἐθήρευσαν ‐ ὥσπερ οἶμαι οἱ ὀρτυγοθῆραι τοῖσ ὀρτυγοτρόφοισ παραδιδόασιν. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 225:1)

Synonyms

  1. a quail-catcher

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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