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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

  • ἐν δὲ μύεσ στερεοῖσι βραχίοσιν ἄκρον ὑπ’ ὦμον ἕστασαν ἠύτε πέτροι ὁλοίτροχοι, οὕστε κυλίνδων χειμάρρουσ ποταμὸσ μεγάλαισ περιέξεσε δίναισ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 23)
  • κωφὰ δέ μοι κεῖται λυροθελγέα λείψανα πύργων, πέτροι μουσοδόμοισ τείχεσιν αὐτόμολοι, σῆσ χερόσ, Ἀμφίων, ἄπονοσ χάρισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2503)
  • ἔστι δ’ ὅτε αὐτοὶ καθ’ αὑτοὺσ ἔκειντο οἱ πέτροι· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 99:3)

Synonyms

  1. rock

  2. type of reed

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