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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

  • ὅταν διαριθμῶν ἀργυρίδιον τύχῃ ἅνθρωποσ οὗτοσ, ἢ καθῆται λούμενοσ, καταπτόμενοσ ἰκτῖνοσ ἁρπάσασ λάθρᾳ προβάτοιν δυοῖν τιμὴν ἀνοίσει τῷ θεῷ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 2:14)

Synonyms

  1. sheep

  2. slaughtered animals

  3. stupid

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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