πρόβατον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
동물
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πρόβατον
προβάτου
Structure:
προβατ
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- (mostly in plural), (Ionic, Doric) cattle, flocks, herds
- (Attic, Koine Greek) sheep
- slaughtered animals, animals for sacrifices
- (proverbial) stupid, lazy people
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.
- πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν ὄνου ἀλλάξεισ προβάτῳ. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀλλάξῃσ, λυτρώσῃ αὐτό. πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἀνθρώπου τῶν υἱῶν σου λυτρώσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 13:13)
- καὶ πρωτότοκον ὑποζυγίου λυτρώσῃ προβάτῳ. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ λυτρώσῃ αὐτό, τιμὴν δώσεισ. πᾶν πρωτότοκον τῶν υἱῶν σου λυτρώσῃ. οὐκ ὀφθήση ἐνώπιόν μου κενόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 34:20)
- "ἐστὶν δέ, ὡσ μὲν οἱ πλεῖστοι λέγουσιν ἐκ τῆσ δορᾶσ σημειούμενοι, προβάτῳ ἀγρίῳ ὅμοιον, ὡσ δ’ ἔνιοί φασι, μόσχῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 645)
- καὶ οὐ μόνον περὶ κυνῶν καὶ ἵππων ἔχει οὕτωσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ βοῶν καὶ ὀρέων, καὶὅ μᾶλλον θαυμάσαισ ἄν, οὐδὲ ὄνῳ ἢ προβάτῳ χρῆσθαι πάρεστι τοῖσ ἀπείροισ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 22:10)
- ὡσ ἡ κατάλληλοσ πόα τῷ προβάτῳ φανεῖσα προθυμίαν αὐτῷ κινεῖ πρὸσ τὸ φαγεῖν, ἂν δὲ λίθον ἢ ἄρτον παραθῇσ, οὐ κινηθήσεται, οὕτωσ εἰσί τινεσ ἡμῖν φυσικαὶ προθυμίαι καὶ πρὸσ τὸ λέγειν, ὅταν ὁ ἀκουσόμενοσ φανῇ τισ, ὅταν αὐτὸσ ἐρεθίσῃ. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 16:1)
Synonyms
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sheep
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slaughtered animals
- ἱερεῖον (a victim, an animal for sacrifice or slaughter)
- πρόσφαγμα (sacrifice, slaughter)
- σφάγιον (slaughter, sacrifice)
- τριττύς (the number three, a sacrifice of three animals)
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stupid
