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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

  • καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν Ἰούδασ ἔδοξεν αὐτὴν πόρνην εἶναι. κατεκαλύψατο γὰρ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆσ, καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνω αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 38:15)
  • καὶ ἀπεστράφη πρὸσ Ἰούδαν καὶ εἶπεν. οὐχ εὗρον, καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ἐκ τοῦ τόπου λέγουσι μὴ εἶναι ὧδε πόρνην. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 38:22)
  • γυναῖκα πόρνην καὶ βεβηλωμένην οὐ λήψονται καὶ γυναῖκα ἐκβεβλημένην ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸσ αὐτῆσ, ὅτι ἅγιόσ ἐστι Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 21:7)
  • χήραν δὲ καὶ ἐκβεβλημένην καὶ βεβηλωμένην καὶ πόρνην, ταύτασ οὐ λήψεται, ἀλλ̓ ἢ παρθένον ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ λήψεται γυναῖκα. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 21:14)
  • καὶ ἔσται ἡ πόλισ ἀνάθεμα, αὐτὴ καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῇ, Κυρίῳ Σαβαώθ. πλὴν Ραὰβ τὴν πόρνην περιποιήσασθε, αὐτὴν καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 6:17)

Synonyms

  1. female prostitute

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