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πέρδιξ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέρδιξ πέρδικος

Structure: περδικ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. partridge

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

  • πτώσσουσαν ὥστε πέρδικα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 41 1:1)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ τὸν θηρεύοντα πέρδικα ὠθεῖται ὁ τῶν ἀγρίων ἡγεμὼν μαχούμενοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 41 4:4)
  • πέρδικα δ’ ἢ κίχλην γε νὴ Δί’ οὐκέτι ἔστιν δι’ ὑμᾶσ οὐδὲ πετομένην ἰδεῖν, τὸν ξενικὸν οἶνον ἐπιτετίμηκασ πολύ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 12 4:4)
  • πτώσσουσαν ὥστε πέρδικα γενναῖα λέγει τὰ εὐγενῆ ὁ φιλόσοφοσ, ὡσ καὶ Ἀρχίλοχοσ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 472)
  • οἰκογενὴσ αἴλουροσ ἐμὴν πέρδικα φαγοῦσα ζώειν ἡμετέροισ ἔλπεται ἐν μεγάροισ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2051)

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