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πηλαμύς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πηλαμύς πηλαμύδος

Structure: πηλαμυδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. young tunny

Declension

Third 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

  • Ἱκέσιοσ δὲ ἱστορεῖ οὐκ εἶναι εὐεκκρίτουσ κοιλίασ οὔτε πηλαμύδασ οὔτε τὰ ὡραῖα, τὰ δὲ νεώτερα τῶν θυννείων τὴν αὐτὴν ἀναλογίαν ἔχειν τοῖσ κυβίοισ μεγάλην τε εἶναι διαφορὰν πρὸσ πάντα τὰ ὡραῖα λεγόμενα, ὁμοίωσ δὲ λέγει καὶ τῶν Βυζαντίων ὡραίων πρὸσ τὰ ἀφ’ ἑτέρων τόπων λαμβανόμενα καὶ οὐ μόνον τῶν θυννείων, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν ἁλισκομένων ἐν Βυζαντίῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 852)
  • δ’ ἐν β’ περὶ ὕλησ πηλαμύδασ κύβια εἶναί φησι μεγάλα, κυβίων δὲ μνημονεύει Ποσείδιπποσ ἐν Μεταφερομένῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 871)

Synonyms

  1. young tunny

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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