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πόρτις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πόρτις πόρτιος

Structure: πορτι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. (poetic) a calf, young heifer (younger than δαμάλη ‎(damálē) says Eustathius)
  2. a young maiden

Declension

Third 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

  • αἳ δ’ ὥστ’ ἢ ἔλαφοι ἢ πόρτιεσ εἰάροσ ὡρ́ῃ ἅλλοντ’ ἂν λειμῶνα κορεσσάμεναι φρένα φορβῇ, ὣσ αἳ ἐπισχόμεναι ἑανῶν πτύχασ ἱμεροέντων ἠίξαν κοίλην κατ’ ἀμαξιτόν· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 19:6)
  • πολλαί οἱ πὰρ ποσσὶ βόεσ, πολλοὶ δέ τε ταῦροι, πολλαὶ δ’ αὖ δαμάλαι καὶ πόρτιεσ ὠδύραντο. (Theocritus, Idylls, 48)
  • αὔλει Δαμοίτασ, σύρισδε δὲ Δάφνισ ὁ βούτασ, ὠρχεῦντ’ ἐν μαλακᾷ ταὶ πόρτιεσ αὐτίκα ποίᾳ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 28)
  • ὄφρα μοι ἑρσήεντα κατ’ οὔρεα ταῦτα νέμοιντο πόρτιεσ ἠυκόμων δρεπτόμεναι σταχύων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2312)

Synonyms

  1. a young maiden

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