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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

  • εἶπε δὲ Ἰσαὰκ πρὸσ Ἁβραὰμ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ. πάτερ. ὁ δὲ εἶπε. τί ἐστι, τέκνον̣ εἶπε δέ. ἰδοὺ τὸ πῦρ καὶ τὰ ξύλα. ποῦ ἐστι τὸ πρόβατον τὸ εἰσ ὁλοκάρπωσιν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:7)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἁβραάμ. ὁ Θεὸσ ὄψεται ἑαυτῷ πρόβατον εἰσ ὁλοκάρπωσιν, τέκνον. πορευθέντεσ δὲ ἀμφότεροι ἅμα, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:8)
  • παρελθέτω πάντα τὰ πρόβατά σου σήμερον, καὶ διαχώρισον ἐκεῖθεν πᾶν πρόβατον φαιὸν ἐν τοῖσ ἄρνασι καὶ πᾶν διάλευκον καὶ ραντὸν ἐν ταῖσ αἰξίν. ἔσται μοι μισθόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 30:32)
  • λάλησον πρὸσ πᾶσαν συναγωγὴν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ λέγων. τῇ δεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸσ τούτου λαβέτωσαν ἕκαστοσ πρόβατον κατ̓ οἴκουσ πατριῶν, ἕκαστοσ πρόβατον κατ̓ οἰκίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:3)

Synonyms

  1. sheep

  2. slaughtered animals

  3. stupid

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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