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πέτρος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέτρος πέτρου

Structure: πετρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rock, stone, boulder
  2. type of reed

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

  • οὐδ’ ἡρ́πασεν χάρυβδισ οἰωνοσκόπον, τέθριππον ἁρ́μα περιβαλοῦσα χάσματι, ἄλλοι τε κεῖνται πρὸσ πύλαισ λοχαγέται πέτροισ καταξανθέντεσ ὀστέων ῥαφάσ; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 4:3)
  • μέθῃ δὲ βρεχθεὶσ τῆσ ἐμῆσ μητρὸσ πόσισ ὁ κλεινόσ, ὡσ λέγουσιν, ἐνθρῴσκει τάφῳ πέτροισ τε λεύει μνῆμα λάινον πατρόσ, καὶ τοῦτο τολμᾷ τοὔποσ εἰσ ἡμᾶσ λέγειν· (Euripides, episode 2:7)
  • ἡμεῖσ δ’ οὐκ ἀνίεμεν πέτροισ βάλλοντεσ, ἄλλοσ ἄλλοθεν προσκείμενοι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 4:10)
  • εἰ δὲ τούσδ’ ὠσαίατο, αὖθισ τὸ νῦν ὑπεῖκον ἤρασσεν πέτροισ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 5:2)
  • ὡσ οὖν ἂν εἰδῇσ, Μενέλεωσ, τοῖσιν θεοῖσ μὴ πρᾶσσ’ ἐναντί’, ὠφελεῖν τοῦτον θέλων, ἐά δ’ ὑπ’ ἀστῶν καταφονευθῆναι πέτροισ, ἢ μὴ ’πίβαινε Σπαρτιάτιδοσ χθονόσ. (Euripides, episode, iambic 9:6)

Synonyms

  1. rock

  2. type of reed

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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