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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

  • τοῦτον οὖν ἀνηρόμην ‐ ἐστὸν γὰρ αὐτῷ δύο ὑεῖ ‐ "ὦ Καλλία," ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, "εἰ μέν σου τὼ ὑεῖ πώλω ἢ μόσχω ἐγενέσθην, εἴχομεν ἂν αὐτοῖν ἐπιστάτην λαβεῖν καὶ μισθώσασθαι ὃσ ἔμελλεν αὐτὼ καλώ τε κἀγαθὼ ποιήσειν τὴν προσήκουσαν ἀρετήν, ἦν δ’ ἂν οὗτοσ ἢ τῶν ἱππικῶν τισ ἢ τῶν γεωργικῶν· (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 25:3)
  • εἰσ στήλην Ιοὐστινιανοῦ βασιλέωσ ἐν τῷ ἱπποδρόμῳ ταῦτά σοι, ὦ βασιλεῦ Μηδοκτόνε, δῶρα κομίζει σῆσ Ῥώμησ γενέτησ καὶ πάϊσ Εὐστάθιοσ, πῶλον ὑπὲρ νίκησ, Νίκην στεφανηφόρον ἄλλην, καὶ σὲ μετηνεμίῳ πώλῳ ἐφεζόμενον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 621)
  • εἰσ τὰ Βαϊά χαῖρε, Σιὼν θύγατερ, καὶ δέρκεο Χριστὸν ἄνακτα πώλῳ ἐφεζόμενον, καὶ ἐσ πάθοσ αἶψα κιόντα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 521)
  • τὸ γὰρ τοιοῦτον οἴκοι τε τὰ πλεῖστα καὶ διὰ τοῦ ἱπποκόμου ἀποτελεῖται, ἢν ἐπίστηται τὸ μὲν πεινῆν καὶ διψῆν καὶ μυωπίζεσθαι παρασκευάζειν μετ’ ἐρημίασ γίγνεσθαι τῷ πώλῳ, τὸ δὲ φαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν καὶ τὸ τῶν λυπούντων ἀπαλλάττεσθαι δι’ ἀνθρώπων. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 2 4:2)
  • ἕνεκα γάρ που τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἅπαντα ἡμῖν ἔδοξεν πρακτέον εἶναι, εἰ μνημονεύεισ, ἐμοί τε καὶ Πώλῳ. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 320:8)
  • τὸν ἄριστον βίον πωλῶ, τὸν σεμνότατον. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 2:5)
  • βίον ἀνδρικὸν πωλῶ, βίον ἄριστον καὶ γεννικόν, βίον ἐλεύθερον τίσ ὠνήσεται; (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 7:4)
  • τὼ ἀρίστω βίω πωλῶ, τὼ σοφωτάτω πάντων ἀποκηρύττομεν. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 13:5)
  • αὐτὴν τὴν ἀρετὴν πωλῶ, τῶν βίων τὸν τελειότατον. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 19:4)
  • πωλῶ γαῦλον, κτῶμαι σμινύην, καὶ τὰσ ὑδρίασ ἀνορύττω. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme 1:12)

Synonyms

  1. a young animal

  2. a young girl

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