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πνιγεύς?

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration: pnigeus

Principal Part: πνιγεύς πνιγέως

Structure: πνιγευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: πνίγω

Sense

  1. cover for a stove

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πνιγεύς πνιγή πνιγής
Genitive πνιγέως πνιγέοιν πνιγέων
Dative πνιγεί πνιγέοιν πνιγεῦσι(ν)
Accusative πνιγέα πνιγή πνιγέας
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

  • ἐνταῦθ ἐνοικοῦς ἄνδρες, οἳ τὸν οὐρανὸν λέγοντες ἀναπείθουσιν ὡς ἔστιν πνιγεύς, κἄστιν περὶ ἡμᾶς οὗτος, ἡμεῖς δ ἄνθρακες. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 4:9)
  • αὐτίκα γὰρ ἀήρ ἐστι τὴν ἰδέαν ὅλος κατὰ πνιγέα μάλιστα. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, iambics 2:17)
  • ψυχῶν σοφῶν τοῦτ ἐστὶ φροντιστήριον ἐνταῦθ ἐνοικοῦς ἄνδρες οἳ τὸν οὐρανὸν λέγοντες ἀναπείθουσιν ὡς ἔστιν πνιγεὺς κἄστιν περὶ ἡμᾶς οὗτος, ἡμεῖς δ ἄνθρακες. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , section4)
  • ἔπειτα Φοινικοῦς λιμὴν καὶ Πνιγεὺς κώμη: (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 27:8)

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