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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

  • κεῖθεν κεῖθεν ἄρ’ ἡμῖν δεσμῶτιν ἄγων ἤλυθε ποίμνην· (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, anapests2)
  • ἠρίθμει πολὺν ὄλβον Ἀριστείδησ ὁ πενιχρὸσ τὴν ὀίν ὡσ ποίμνην, τὴν βόα δ’ ὡσ ἀγέλην ἤμβροτε δ’ ἀμφοτέρων· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2551)
  • τὸν ποίμνην καὶ ἔπαυλα βοῶν καὶ βώτορασ ἄνδρασ σινόμενον, κλαγγὰν τ’ οὐχὶ τρέσαντα κυνῶν, Εὐάλκησ ὁ Κρὴσ ἐπινύκτια μῆλα νομεύων πέφνε, καὶ ἐκ ταύτησ ἐκρέμασεν πίτυοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2621)
  • καὶ κύνα μὲν ἐπὶ ποίμνην ἀγεννῆ καὶ φαῦλον οὐδ’ ἂν εἷσ ἐπιστήσειε φυλάττειν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 25:2)
  • εἰσ τὸν αὐτόν οὔτι μὲν ἐσ πολύκαρπον ἀλωὴν ὄρθριοσ ἦλθον, ἔμπα δὲ τῶν προτέρων πλείονα μισθὸν ἔχω Γρηγόριοσ, ποιμήν τε καλὸσ καὶ πλείονα ποίμνην Χριστῷ ἀναθρέψασ ἤθεσι μειλιχίοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 181)

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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