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ποίμνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποίμνη

Structure: ποιμν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a flock, of sheep

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ποίμνη ποίμνᾱ ποῖμναι
Genitive ποίμνης ποίμναιν ποιμνῶν
Dative ποίμνῃ ποίμναιν ποίμναις
Accusative ποίμνην ποίμνᾱ ποίμνᾱς
Vocative ποίμνη ποίμνᾱ ποῖμναι

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

  • ποῖμναι μὲν βασιλῆοσ εὔτριχεσ Αὐγείαο οὐ πᾶσαι βόσκονται ἰάν βόσιν οὐδ’ ἕνα χῶρον· (Theocritus, Idylls, 4)
  • οὔτε γὰρ βόεσ ῥᾳδίωσ ὑπομένουσι βουκόλων ἀμέλειαν οὔτε αἰπόλια καὶ ποῖμναι τοὺσ φθείροντασ νομέασ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 2:1)
  • ἐπὶ θάτερα δὲ μέρη τὸ πεδίον ἐνέμοντο βοῶν ἀγέλαι καὶ ποῖμναι καὶ τὰ πλησίον ἕλη φορβάδων ἵππων ἔγεμε. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 8 4:3)
  • καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ποιεῦσι ὑμῖν γῆ τε καρπὸν ἐκφέροι καὶ γυναῖκέσ τε καὶ ποῖμναι τίκτοιεν, ἐοῦσι ἐσ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ἐλευθέροισι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 65 8:1)
  • ἀποκτείνασι δὲ τοῖσι Πελασγοῖσι τοὺσ σφετέρουσ παῖδάσ τε καὶ γυναῖκασ οὔτε γῆ καρπὸν ἔφερε οὔτε γυναῖκέσ τε καὶ ποῖμναι ὁμοίωσ ἔτικτον καὶ πρὸ τοῦ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 139 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. a flock

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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