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θύννος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θύννος θύννου

Structure: θυνν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: From qu/nw, because of the tuna's quick, darting motion.

Sense

  1. tuna (fish)

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

  • καὶ Ἀντιφάνησ δ’ ἐν Προβατεῖ φησιν Βοιώτιαι μὲν ἐγχέλεισ, μῦσ Ποντικοί, θύννοι γλαῦκοι Μεγαρικοί, μαινίδεσ Καρύστιαι, φάγροι δ’ Ἐρετρικοί, Σκύριοι δὲ κάραβοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 45 1:3)
  • "οἱ δὲ θύννοι καὶ οἱ ξιφίαι οἰστρῶσι περὶ κυνὸσ ἐπιτολήν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 643)
  • θύννοι τε διοιστρήσοντι Γαδείρων δρόμον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 64 1:2)
  • εἰσὶν γὰρ οἱ θύννοι οἱο͂ν ὑέσ, ἀπὸ τῶν βαλάνων αὐξανόμενοι, ἐπαινεῖται δὲ τοῦ ἰχθύοσ τούτου τὰ ὑπογάστρια, ὡσ καὶ Εὔβουλόσ φησιν ἐν Ιὤνι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 64 2:2)
  • "αἱ πηλαμύδεσ, φησί, καὶ οἱ θύννοι τίκτουσιν ἐν τῷ Πόντῳ, ἄλλοθι δὲ οὔ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1092)

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