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περιστερά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιστερά̄ περιστερᾶς

Structure: περιστερ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. pigeon, dove

Declension

First 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

  • πολλὴ γὰρ ἡ ταραχὴ καὶ ἄλλοι ἄλλα νομιζουσι, Σκύθαι μὲν ἀκινάκῃ θύοντεσ καὶ Θρᾷκεσ Ζαμόλξιδι, δραπέτῃ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκ Σάμου ὡσ αὐτοὺσ ἥκοντι, Φρύγεσ δὲ Μήνῃ καὶ Αἰθίοπεσ Ἡμέρᾳ καὶ Κυλλήνιοι Φάλητι καὶ Ἀσσύριοι περιστερᾷ καὶ Πέρσαι πυρὶ καὶ Αἰγύπτιοι ὕδατι. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 42:3)
  • καὶ γεγραμμένῃ κυνὶ καὶ περιστερᾷ καὶ χηνὶ τῇ μὲν κύων, τῇ δὲ περιστερά, τῇ δὲ χὴν προσῆλθον καὶ ἐπεπήδησαν φανέντων δὲ πᾶσι τούτοισ ἀδυνάτων ἀπέστησαν, καθάπερ Κλείσοφοσ ὁ Σηλυμβριανόσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 84 2:1)
  • καὶ οὐχ εὑροῦσαι ἡ περιστερὰ ἀνάπαυσιν τοῖσ ποσὶν αὐτῆσ, ἀνέστρεψε πρὸσ αὐτὸν εἰσ τὴν κιβωτόν, ὅτι ὕδωρ ἦν ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ πρόσωπον τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἐκτείνασ τὴν χεῖρα ἔλαβεν αὐτήν, καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὴν πρὸσ ἑαυτὸν εἰσ τὴν κιβωτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:9)
  • καὶ ἀνέστρεψε πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἡ περιστερὰ τὸ πρὸσ ἑσπέραν, καὶ εἶχε φύλλον ἐλαίασ κάρφοσ ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἔγνω Νῶε ὅτι κεκόπακε τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:11)
  • ἀποκρίνεται ἀδελφιδόσ μου, καὶ λέγει μοι. ἀνάστα, ἐλθὲ ἡ πλησίον μου, καλή μου, περιστερά μου, (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 2:10)
  • ἡ συκῆ ἐξήνεγκεν ὀλύνθουσ αὐτῆσ, αἱ ἄμπελοι κυπρίζουσιν, ἔδωκαν ὀσμήν. ἀνάστα, ἐλθέ, ἡ πλησίον μου, καλή μου, περιστερά μου, καὶ ἐλθέ, (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 2:13)
  • σὺ περιστερά μου, ἐν σκέπῃ τῆσ πέτρασ, ἐχόμενα τοῦ προτειχίσματοσ. δεῖξόν μοι τὴν ὄψιν σου, καὶ ἀκούτισόν με τὴν φωνήν σου, ὅτι ἡ φωνή σου ἡδεῖα, καὶ ἡ ὄψισ σου ὡραία. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 2:14)

Synonyms

  1. pigeon

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