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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

  • ὅτι ναῦσ τῷ βασιλεῖ ἐπορεύετο εἰσ Θαρσεῖσ μετὰ τῶν παίδων Χιράμ, ἅπαξ διὰ τριῶν ἐτῶν ἤρχετο πλοῖα ἐκ Θαρσεῖσ τῷ βασιλεῖ γέμοντα χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου καὶ ὀδόντων ἐλεφαντίνων καὶ πιθήκων. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 9:19)
  • ἡ θήρα δέ ἐστιν ὄνων τε τῶν ἀγρίων καὶ στρουθῶν τῶν μεγάλων χαμαιπετῶν καὶ πιθήκων μάλιστα καὶ ἐλεφάντων ἐνίοτε· (Lucian, Dipsades 3:1)
  • αἰδοῦμαι μὲν οὖν ὑπὲρ ἀμφοῖν, ὑπέρ τε σοῦ καὶ ἐμαυτοῦ σοῦ μέν, ἀξιοῦντοσ μνήμῃ καὶ γραφῇ παραδοθῆναι ἄνδρα τρισκατάρατον, ἐμαυτοῦ δέ, σπουδὴν ποιουμένου ἐπὶ τοιαύτῃ ἱστορίᾳ καὶ πράξεσιν ἀνθρώπου, ὃν οὐκ ἀναγιγνώσκεσθαι πρὸσ τῶν πεπαιδευμένων ἦν ἄξιον, ἀλλ’ ἐν πανδήμῳ τινὶ μεγίστῳ θεάτρῳ ὁρᾶσθαι ὑπὸ πιθήκων ἢ ἀλωπέκων σπαραττόμενον. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 2:1)
  • οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτὰ ταῦτα ἐπὶ μισθῷ διδάσκουσιν καὶ τοὺσ πλουσίουσ τεθήπασιν καὶ πρὸσ τὸ ἀργύριον κεχήνασιν, ὀργιλώτεροι μὲν τῶν κυνιδίων ὄντεσ, δειλότεροι δὲ τῶν λαγωῶν, κολακικώτεροι δὲ τῶν πιθήκων, ἀσελγέστεροι δὲ τῶν ὄνων, ἁρπακτικώτεροι δὲ τῶν γαλῶν, φιλονεικότεροι δὲ τῶν ἀλεκτρυόνων. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 34:3)
  • οὐδὲ ὑπὲρ τῶν πιθήκων τοῦ μεγάθεοσ, ἢ ὅτι καλοὶ παῤ Ἰνδοῖσι πίθηκοί εἰσιν, οὐδὲ ὅκωσ θηρέονται ἐρέω. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 15 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. ape

  2. trickster

  3. dwarf

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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