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περιστερός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιστερός περιστεροῦ

Structure: περιστερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. masculine counterpart of περιστερά ‎(peristerá): male pigeon or dove

Declension

Second 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

  • περιστερὸν δέ τινοσ εἰπόντοσ ὡσ δὴ Ἀττικόν, Καὶ τὸν φάττον ἐροῦμεν, ἔφη. (Lucian, 7:13)
  • Ἀττικοὶ δὲ ἀρσενικῶσ περιστερὸν καλοῦσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 51 2:2)
  • Ἄλεξισ Συντρέχουσιν λευκὸσ Ἀφροδίτησ εἰμὶ γὰρ περιστερόσ, ὁ δὲ Διόνυσοσ οἶδε τὸ μεθύσαι μόνον εἰ δὲ νέον ἢ παλαιόν, οὐ πεφρόντικεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 51 2:3)
  • Φερεκράτησ ἐν Γραυσί φησιν ἀπόπεμψον ἀγγέλλοντα τὸν περιστερόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 51 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. masculine counterpart of περιστερά ‎

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