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πῶλος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πῶλος πώλου

Structure: πωλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. foal, young horse, whether colt or filly
  2. a young animal, especially domestic
  3. (poetic) a young girl, maiden

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

  • πέλασ δὲ πῶλοι Θρῃκίων ἐξ ἁρμάτων λευκαὶ δέδενται, διαπρεπεῖσ ἐν εὐφρόνῃ· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:12)
  • αἳ μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν θύρσον ἐκλελοιπότα κισσῷ κομήτην αὖθισ ἐξανέστεφον, αἳ δ’, ἐκλιποῦσαι ποικίλ’ ὡσ πῶλοι ζυγά, βακχεῖον ἀντέκλαζον ἀλλήλαισ μέλοσ. (Euripides, episode, lyric 2:3)
  • εἰᾶ μάλ’ ἔμβη ὢ εἰᾶ κοῦφα πάλλων, ὡσ Σπάρταν ὑμνίωμεσ, τᾷ σιῶν χοροὶ μέλοντι καὶ ποδῶν κτύποσ, ᾇ τε πῶλοι ταὶ κόραι πὰρ τὸν Εὐρωταν ἀμπάλλοντι πυκνὰ ποδοῖν ἀγκονίωαι, ταὶ δὲ κόμαι σείονθ’ ᾇπερ Βακχᾶν θυρσαδδωᾶν καὶ παιδδωᾶν. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene, lyric2)
  • πῶλοι δέ νιν χηλαῖσ τένοντασ ἐξεφοίνισσον ποδῶν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 3:6)
  • Ποτνιάδεσ δ’ ἐπ’ ἀσπίδι ἐπίσημα πῶλοι δρομάδεσ ἐσκίρτων φόβῳ, εὖ πωσ στρόφιγξιν ἔνδοθεν κυκλούμεναι πόρπαχ’ ὑπ’ αὐτόν, ὥστε μαίνεσθαι δοκεῖν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 5:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὡσ μακρὰν ἔτεινον, εὔρυτον παρὰ κρήνην ἀναψύχουσι θηλύπουν βάσιν, αὐταί τε πῶλοί τ’· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, dialogue 1:13)

Synonyms

  1. a young animal

  2. a young girl

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