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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

  • "ἔγχει πιεῖν μοι καὶ τὸ πέρδικοσ σκέλοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 6 3:2)
  • Ἀλέξανδροσ δ’ ὁ Μύνδιόσ φησιν ὅτι μικρῷ μὲν μείζων ἐστὶ πέρδικοσ, ὅλοσ δὲ κατάγραφοσ τὰ περὶ τὸν νῶτον, κεραμεοῦσ τὴν χρόαν, ὑποπυρρίζων μᾶλλον, θηρεύεται δ’ ὑπὸ κυνηγῶν διὰ τὸ βάροσ καὶ τὴν τῶν πτερῶν βραχύτητα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 39 1:1)
  • ὄρνιθοσ ἦλθ’ ἐπώνυμοσ πέρδικοσ ἐν κλεινοῖσ Ἀθηναίων πάγοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 41 1:4)
  • ἔξεισιν ἄκων δεῦρο πέρδικοσ τρόπον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 41 1:6)
  • τὸν Κλεόμβροτόν τε τοῦ Πέρδικοσ υἱόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 41 2:2)

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