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πόρνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πόρνη πόρνης

Structure: πορν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: pe/rnhmi

Sense

  1. female prostitute

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πόρνη πόρνᾱ πόρναι
Genitive πόρνης πόρναιν πορνῶν
Dative πόρνῃ πόρναιν πόρναις
Accusative πόρνην πόρνᾱ πόρνᾱς
Vocative πόρνη πόρνᾱ πόρναι

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

  • μὴ δῷσ πόρναισ τὴν ψυχήν σου, ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσῃσ τὴν κληρονομίαν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 9:6)
  • οἶνοσ καὶ γυναῖκεσ ἀποστήσουσι συνετούσ, καὶ ὁ κολλώμενοσ πόρναισ τολμηρότεροσ ἔσται. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 19:2)
  • καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν μου ἔβαλον κλήρουσ καὶ ἔδωκαν τὰ παιδάρια πόρναισ καὶ τὰ κοράσια ἐπώλουν ἀντὶ τοῦ οἴνου καὶ ἔπινον. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ioel 4:3)
  • ἔστι δὲ καὶ ὅτε ὑφαιρούμενοι οἱ ἱερεῖσ ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν χρυσίον καὶ ἀργύριον εἰσ ἑαυτοὺσ καταναλώσουσι, δώσουσι δὲ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν καὶ ταῖσ ἐπὶ τοῦ στέγουσ πόρναισ. (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:10)
  • ἄνθρωπε τί δρᾷσ, οὗτοσ ὁ χέζων ἐν Πειραιεῖ παρὰ ταῖσ πόρναισ; (Aristophanes, Peace, Prologue, anapests7)

Synonyms

  1. female prostitute

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