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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

  • Μαρτυρίαι ὁ δὲ Θεόφημοσ ἀντὶ τοῦ τὴν καταδίκην ἀπολαβεῖν ἀκολουθήσασ ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν, ἐλθών μου τὰ πρόβατα λαμβάνει ποιμαινόμενα πεντήκοντα μαλακὰ καὶ τὸν ποιμένα μετ’ αὐτῶν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἀκόλουθα τῇ ποίμνῃ, ἔπειτα παῖδα διάκονον ὑδρίαν χαλκῆν ἀποφέροντα ἀλλοτρίαν ᾐτημένην, πολλοῦ ἀξίαν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 67:3)
  • τὸ δ’ ἀπὸ τούτου τμῆμα, ἐπὶ ποίμνῃ δίποδι μέροσ ἀνθρωπονομικὸν ἔτι λειφθὲν μόνον, τοῦτ’ αὐτό ἐστιν ἤδη τὸ ζητηθέν, ἅμα βασιλικὸν ταὐτὸν κληθὲν καὶ πολιτικόν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 63:1)
  • κἀκεῖνα δεῖ με ἀγαγεῖν, καὶ τῆσ φωνῆσ μου ἀκούσουσιν, καὶ γενήσονται μία ποίμνη, εἷσ ποιμήν. (, chapter 6 253:2)
  • τρισχιλίων μὲν γὰρ αὐτῷ ποίμνη προβάτων ἐνέμετο, χιλίων δ’ αἰγῶν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 6 378:2)

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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