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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

  • τοὺσ μὲν γὰρ κἂν πεπειρᾶσθαί ποτε ἀνδρείασ, τοῦτον δὲ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ εὐθὺσ ἀποκεκόφθαι καὶ ἀμφίβολόν τι ζῷον εἶναι κατὰ ταὐτὰ ταῖσ κορώναισ, αἳ μήτε περιστεραῖσ μήτε κόραξιν ἐναριθμοῖντο ἄν, τοῦ δ’ οὐ σωματικὴν λέγοντοσ εἶναι τὴν κρίσιν, ἀλλὰ τῆσ ^ ψυχῆσ καὶ τῆσ γνώμησ ἐξέτασιν δεῖν γίγνεσθαι καὶ τῆσ τῶν δογμάτων ἐπιστήμησ. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 8:3)
  • Λαμπροκλῆσ δ’ ὁ διθυραμβοποιὸσ καὶ ῥητῶσ αὐτὰσ εἶπεν ὁμωνυμεῖν ταῖσ περιστεραῖσ ἐν τούτοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 80 4:4)
  • λευκῷ τοίνυν κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν ἐοίκε κόρακι μήτ’ αὐτοῖσ τοῖσ κόραξιν ἀναμιχθῆναι δυναμένῳ διὰ τὴν χρόαν μήτε ταῖσ περιστεραῖσ διὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ, ἀλλ’ οὔτι που τούτου γ’ ἕνεκα παροπτέοσ· (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1727)

Synonyms

  1. pigeon

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