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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

  • ἀνδρὸσ φιλοῦντοσ σοφίαν εὐφραίνεται πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, ὃσ δὲ ποιμαίνει πόρνασ, ἀπολεῖ πλοῦτον. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 29:3)
  • ἔπειτα τὰσ πόρνασ καταπαῦσαι βούλομαι ἁπαξαπάσασ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, pnigos 1:5)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐ μὰ Δί’ οὐ Φαίδρασ ἐποίουν πόρνασ οὐδὲ Σθενεβοίασ, οὐδ’ οἶδ’ οὐδεὶσ ἥντιν’ ἐρῶσαν πώποτ’ ἐποίησα γυναῖκα. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, Antepirrheme29)
  • Δημοσθένησ δ’ ὁ ῥήτωρ Φιλοκράτην, ἐπειδὴ ἐκ τοῦ προδοτικοῦ χρυσίου πόρνασ καὶ ἰχθῦσ ἠγόραζεν, εἰσ ἀσέλγειαν καὶ ὀψοφαγίαν λοιδορεῖ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 311)
  • "πόρνασ καὶ ἰχθῦσ ἠγόραζεν · (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 153)

Synonyms

  1. female prostitute

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