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πίθηκος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πίθηκος πιθήκου

Structure: πιθηκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. ape, monkey
  2. trickster
  3. dwarf

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

  • οἵτινεσ ἀφραδίῃσι θεῶν νόον οὐκ ἀίοντεσ συνθήκασ πεποίησθ’ ἄνδρεσ χαροποῖσι πιθήκοισ, αἰβοιβοῖ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, dactyls1)
  • ἥσθην χαροποῖσι πιθήκοισ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, dactyls3)
  • οὐκέτι Σκύθαισ οὐδὲ Πέρσαισ οὐδ’ Αἰγυπτίοισ τοὺσ ἑαυτοῦ λόγουσ ἀνατίθησι πλάττων, ὥσπερ Αἴσωποσ κόραξι καὶ πιθήκοισ, ἀλλὰ τῷ τοῦ Πυθίου προσώπῳ χρώμενοσ, ἀπωθεῖ τῶν ἐν Σαλαμῖνι πρωτείων τὰσ Ἀθήνασ. (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 40 2:1)
  • τὴν δὲ τοῦ λόγου φύσιν καὶ δύναμιν οὐ λαγωοῖσ καὶ πιθήκοισ οὐδὲ ἐλάφοισ ἐνέθηκεν ὁ πάντα δημιουργήσασ θεὸσ, οἶμαι δὲ οὐδὲ τοῖσ λέουσιν οὐδὲ τῶν ἄλλων ζώων οὐδέσιν, οὔθ’ ὅσα ἐν θαλάττῃ οὔθ’ ὅσα κατ’ ἤπειρον οὔθ’ ὅσα ὑπερπέταται, ἀλλ’ ἐν δυοῖν γένεσι μόνοισ τοῦτο ἵδρυται, προτέρῳ μὲν καὶ τελεωτάτῳ τῷ πάντων ἀρίστῳ, δευτέρῳ δὲ τῷ πάντων τῶν λοιπῶν ἀρίστῳ, δι’ ἓν τοῦτο ὃ ῥητορικὴ παραλαβοῦσα ἄγει καὶ κοσμεῖ τὸν ἔχοντά τε καὶ τοὺσ χρωμένουσ αὔξουσα τὸ προσῆκον αὔξεσθαι κατὰ τὴν φύσιν ἀνθρώπῳ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 93:13)

Synonyms

  1. ape

  2. trickster

  3. dwarf

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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