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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

  • ταῦτά μοι εἴκοσιν ἔτη ἐγώ εἰμι ἐν τῇ οἰκιίᾳ σου. ἐδούλευσά σοι δεκατέσσαρα ἔτη ἀντὶ τῶν δύο θυγατέρων σου καὶ ἓξ ἔτη ἐν τοῖσ προβάτοισ σου, καὶ παρελογίσω τὸν μισθόν μου δέκα ἀμνάσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:41)
  • ἰδοὺ χεὶρ Κυρίου ἐπέσται ἐν τοῖσ κτήνεσί σου τοῖσ ἐν τοῖσ πεδίοισ, ἔν τε τοῖσ ἵπποισ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ὑποζυγίοισ καὶ ταῖσ καμήλοισ καὶ βουσὶ καὶ προβάτοισ, θάνατοσ μέγασ σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 9:3)
  • καὶ λέγει Μωυσῆσ. σὺν τοῖσ νεανίσκοισ καὶ πρεσβυτέροισ πορευσόμεθα, σὺν τοῖσ υἱοῖσ καὶ θυγατράσι καὶ προβάτοισ καὶ βουσὶν ἡμῶν. ἔστι γὰρ ἑορτὴ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 10:9)
  • καὶ δώσεισ ἀργύριον ἐπὶ παντόσ, οὗ ἂν ἐπιθυμῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, ἐπὶ βουσὶν ἢ ἐπὶ προβάτοισ, ἐπ̓ οἴνῳ ἢ ἐπὶ σίκερα ἢ ἐπὶ παντόσ, οὗ ἂν ἐπιθυμῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ φαγῇ ἐκεῖ ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου καὶ εὐφρανθήσῃ σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκόσ σου (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 14:26)
  • Πᾶν πρωτότοκον, ὃ ἐὰν τεχθῇ ἐν ταῖσ βουσί σου καὶ ἐν τοῖσ προβάτοισ σου, τὰ ἀρσενικά, ἁγιάσεισ Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου. οὐκ ἐργᾷ ἐν τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ μόσχῳ σου καὶ οὐ μὴ κείρῃσ τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν προβάτων σου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 15:19)

Synonyms

  1. sheep

  2. slaughtered animals

  3. stupid

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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