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πνιγεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πνιγεύς πνιγέως

Structure: πνιγευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pni/gw

Sense

  1. cover for a stove

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πνιγεύς πνιγή πνιγής
Genitive πνιγέως πνιγέοιν πνιγέων
Dative πνιγεί πνιγέοιν πνιγεῦσιν*
Accusative πνιγέα πνιγή πνιγέᾱς
Vocative πνιγεύ πνιγή πνιγής

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

  • αὐτίκα γὰρ ἀήρ ἐστι τὴν ἰδέαν ὅλοσ κατὰ πνιγέα μάλιστα. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, iambics 2:17)
  • θέροσ αἴθριον, θερμόν, πνίγεα μεγάλα‧ ἐτησίαι σμικρὰ διεσπασμένωσ ἔπνευσαν‧ πάλιν δὲ περὶ ἀρκτοῦρον ἐν βορείοισιν ὕδατα πολλά. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, EPIDHMIWN A, 155)

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