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πέτευρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέτευρον πέτευρου

Structure: πετευρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: = pe/tauron, q. v.

Sense

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

  • χωρὶσ δ’ οὐδέποκ’ ἦσ, οὔτ’ εἰ μέσον ἆμαρ ὄροιτο, οὔτ’ ἄρ’ ὅχ’ ἁ λεύκιπποσ ἀνατρέχοι ἐσ Διὸσ Ἀώσ, οὐδ’ ὁπόκ’ ὀρτάλιχοι μινυροὶ ποτὶ κοῖτον ὁρῷεν, σεισαμένασ πτερὰ ματρὸσ ἐπ’ αἰθαλόεντι πετεύρῳ, ὡσ αὐτῷ κατὰ θυμὸν ὁ παῖσ πεποναμένοσ εἰή, αὐτῷ δ’ εὖ ἕλκων ἐσ ἀλαθινὸν ἄνδρ’ ἀποβαίη. (Theocritus, Idylls, 4)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ τῆσ κλίμακοσ ἄκρασ ὑπάρχει πέτευρον ἠσφαλισμένον γέρροισ τὰσ τρεῖσ ἐπιφανείασ, ἐφ’ οὗ τέτταρεσ ἄνδρεσ ἐπιβεβηκότεσ ἀγωνίζονται, διαμαχόμενοι πρὸσ τοὺσ εἴργοντασ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπάλξεων τὴν πρόσθεσιν τῆσ σαμβύκησ. (Polybius, Histories, book 8, chapter 4 8:1)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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