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πρόβατον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόβατον προβάτου

Structure: προβατ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: probai/nw

Sense

  1. (mostly in plural), (Ionic, Doric) cattle, flocks, herds
  2. (Attic, Koine Greek) sheep
  3. slaughtered animals, animals for sacrifices
  4. (proverbial) stupid, lazy people

Note

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Declension

Second 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

  • καὶ τῷ Ἅβραμ εὖ ἐχρήσαντο δἰ αὐτήν, καὶ ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχοι καὶ ὄνοι καὶ παῖδεσ καὶ παιδίσκαι καὶ ἡμίονοι καὶ κάμηλοι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:16)
  • καὶ Λὼτ τῷ συμπορευομένῳ μετὰ Ἅβραμ ἦν πρόβατα καὶ βόεσ καὶ σκηναί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:5)
  • ἔλαβε δὲ Ἀβιμέλεχ χίλια δίδραχμα καὶ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχουσ καὶ παῖδασ καὶ παιδίσκασ καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ Ἁβραὰμ καὶ ἀπέδωκεν αὐτῷ Σάρραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:14)
  • καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἁβραὰμ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχουσ, καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ, καὶ διέθεντο ἀμφότεροι διαθήκην. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 21:27)
  • Κύριοσ δὲ ηὐλόγησε τὸν κύριόν μου σφόδρα, καὶ ὑψώθη. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ πρόβατα καὶ μόσχουσ καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον, παῖδασ καὶ παιδίσκασ, καμήλουσ καὶ ὄνουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:35)

Synonyms

  1. sheep

  2. slaughtered animals

  3. stupid

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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