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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

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

  • οἱ δὲ εἶπαν. ἀλλ̓ ὡσεὶ πόρνῃ χρήσονται τῇ ἀδελφῇ ἡμῶν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 34:31)
  • ἐπηρώτησε δὲ τοὺσ ἄνδρασ τοὺσ ἐκ τοῦ τόπου. ποῦ ἐστιν ἡ πόρνη ἡ γενομένη ἐν Αἰνὰν ἐπὶ τῆσ ὁδοῦ̣ καὶ εἶπαν. οὐκ ἦν ἐνταῦθα πόρνη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 38:21)
  • Οὐκ ἔσται πόρνη ἀπὸ θυγατέρων Ἰσραήλ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσταιπορνεύων ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. οὐκ ἔσται τελεσφόροσ ἀπὸ θυγατέρων Ἰσραήλ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται τελεισκόμενοσ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 23:18)
  • β καὶ ἦν ἄνθρωποσ ἐξ ὄρουσ Ἐφραὶμ δοῦλοσ τῷ Σαλωμών, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἱεροβοάμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῆσ μητρὸσ αὐτοῦ Σαριρά, γυνὴ πόρνη. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν Σαλωμὼν εἰσ ἄρχοντα σκυτάλησ ἐπὶ ἄρσεισ οἴκου Ἰωσήφ, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τῷ Σαλωμὼν τὴν Σαριρὰ τὴν ἐν ὄρει Ἐφραίμ, καὶ ἦσαν αὐτῶ τριακόσια ἅρματα ἵππων. οὗτοσ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν ἄκραν ἐν ταῖσ ἄρσεσιν οἴκου Ἐφραὶμ, οὗτοσ συνέκλεισε τὴν πόλιν Δαυὶδ καὶ ἦν ἐπαιρόμενοσ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 12:26)

Synonyms

  1. female prostitute

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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