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προχο̈ίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: προχο̈ίς προχο̈ίδος

Structure: προχο̈ιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pro/xoos의 지소사

Sense

  1. a chamberpot

Declension

Third 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

  • ἀλλὰ χρυσέαισ πρόχοισιν ἐλθὼν εἰσ ἀπορραντήρια δρόσον καθήσω. (Euripides, Ion, episode 5:25)
  • εἴτ’ ἐπ’ Ὀλύμπου κορυφαῖσ ἱεραῖσ χιονοβλήτοισι κάθησθε, εἴτ’ Ὠκεανοῦ πατρὸσ ἐν κήποισ ἱερὸν χορὸν ἵστατε Νύμφαισ, εἴτ’ ἄρα Νείλου προχοαῖσ ὑδάτων χρυσέαισ ἀρύτεσθε πρόχοισιν, ἢ Μαιῶτιν λίμνην ἔχετ’ ἢ σκόπελον νιφόεντα Μίμαντοσ· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, anapests6)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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