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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative περιστερά̄ περιστερᾱ́ περιστεραί
Genitive περιστερᾶς περιστεραῖν περιστερῶν
Dative περιστερᾷ περιστεραῖν περιστεραῖς
Accusative περιστερᾱ́ν περιστερᾱ́ περιστερᾱ́ς
Vocative περιστερᾱ́ περιστερᾱ́ περιστεραί

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

  • ἰδοὺ εἶ καλή, ἡ πλησίον μου, ἰδοὺ εἶ καλή, ὀφθαλμοί σου περιστεραί. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 1:15)
  • Ιδοὺ εἶ καλή, ἡ πλησίον μου, ἰδοὺ εἶ καλή. ὀφθαλμοί σου περιστεραὶ ἐκτὸσ τῆσ σιωπήσεώσ σου. τρίχωμά σου ὡσ ἀγέλαι τῶν αἰγῶν, αἳ ἀπεκαλύφθησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ Γαλαάδ. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 4:1)
  • ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡσ περιστεραὶ ἐπὶ πληρώματα ὑδάτων λελουσμέναι ἐν γάλακτι, καθήμεναι ἐπὶ πληρώματα. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 5:12)
  • καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασισ ἀπεκαλύφθη, καὶ αὕτη ἀνέβαινε, καὶ αἱ δοῦλαι αὐτῆσ ἤγοντο καθὼσ περιστεραὶ φθεγγόμεναι ἐν καρδίαισ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Nahum 2:8)
  • τίνεσ οἵδε ὡσ νεφέλαι πέτανται καὶ ὡσεὶ περιστεραὶ σὺν νεοσσοῖσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 60:8)

Synonyms

  1. pigeon

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