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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

  • μὴ προκάμητε πόδα βαρύ τε κῶλον ὥστε πρὸσ πετραῖον λέπασ ζυγηφόρον πῶλον ἀνέντεσ ὡσ βάροσ φέρον τροχηλάτοιο πώλου . (Euripides, Heracles, choral, antistrophe 11)
  • γυναῖχ’ ὁρῶ στείχουσαν ἡμῶν ἆσσον, Αἰτναίασ ἐπὶ πώλου βεβῶσαν· (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 1:15)
  • ἐπὶ ἑξαμέτρῳ ἑνδεκασύλλαβον χάλκεα ἔργα, λέγοισθε θοῆσ ἐπινίκια πώλου, ἥτισ κεντροραγὴσ βαλοῦσα παῖδα, ψιλὴ λευρὸν ἔθυσε περὶ δρόμον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 181)
  • αὐταὶ ποιμαίνοντα μεσημβρινὰ μῆλά σε Μοῦσαι ἔδρακον ἐν κραναοῖσ οὔρεσιν, Ἡσίοδε, καί σοι καλλιπέτηλον, ἐρυσσάμεναι περὶ πᾶσαι, ὤρεξαν δάφνασ ἱερὸν ἀκρεμόνα, δῶκαν δὲ κράνασ Ἑλικωνίδοσ ἔνθεον ὕδωρ, τὸ πτανοῦ πώλου πρόσθεν ἔκοψεν ὄνυξ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 641)
  • τοῦ μὲν τοίνυν ἔτι ἀδαμάστου πώλου δῆλον ὅτι τὸ σῶμα δεῖ δοκιμάζειν· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. a young animal

  2. a young girl

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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