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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

  • Ἀλφειώσασ Ἀρτέμιδοσ ἱερῷ Κλεάνθουσ δ’ ἐστὶ τοῦ Κορινθίου, ἐν ᾗ Ποσειδῶν πεποίηται θύννον τῷ Διὶ προσφέρων ὠδίνοντι, ὡσ ἱστορεῖ Δημήτριοσ ἐν ὀγδόῳ Τρωικοῦ διακόσμου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 36 3:1)
  • "ἄρξομαι ἐκ βολβοῖο, τελευτήσω δ’ ἐπὶ θύννον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 8 1:13)
  • ἐπὶ θύννον, · (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 8 1:15)
  • θαυμάζειν εἰ ἱερείων τρόπον ἐγχέλεισ θύονται, ὁπότε καὶ Ἀντίγονοσ ὁ Καρύστιοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ λέξεωσ τοὺσ Ἁλαιέασ λέγει θυσίαν ἐπιτελοῦντασ τῷ Ποσειδῶνι ὑπὸ τὴν τῶν θύννων ὡρ́αν, ὅταν εὐαγρήσωσι, θύειν τῷ θεῷ τὸν πρῶτον ἁλόντα θύννον, καὶ τὴν θυσίαν ταύτην καλεῖσθαι θυνναῖον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 50 2:1)
  • Ἀρχέστρατοσ δέ φησιν ἀμφὶ δὲ τὴν ἱεράν τε καὶ εὐρύχορον Σάμον ὄψῃ θύννον ἁλισκόμενον σπουδῇ μέγαν, ὃν καλέουσιν ὄρκυν, ἄλλοτε δ’ αὖ κῆτοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 63 2:2)

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