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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

  • θυννὶσ δὲ καὶ θύννοσ βαρεῖσ καὶ πολύτροφοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 531)
  • "εἶτα δ’ ἐστὶν ἐκ θαλάσσησ θύννοσ οὐ κακὸν βρῶμα, ἀλλὰ πᾶσιν ἰχθύεσσιν ἐμπρεπὴσ ἐν μυττωτῷ βοῦσ δὲ πιανθείσ, δοκέω μέν, καὶ μεσέων νυκτῶν ἡδὺσ κἠμέρησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1517)
  • εἶτα χρόνον πολὺν ἕψε χλόῃ περίπαστον ἐν ἅλμῃ ἑξῆσ τε περὶ τῶν κατ’ Ἰταλίαν τόπων διεξιὼν πάλιν ὁ καλὸσ οὗτοσ περιηγητήσ φησιν καὶ γόγγροσ σπουδαῖοσ ἁλίσκεται, ὅστε τοσοῦτον τῶν ἄλλων πάντων ὄψων κρατεῖ οὗτοσ ὅσον περ θύννοσ ὁ πιότατοσ τῶν φαυλοτάτων κορακίνων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 42 1:2)
  • θύννοσ, ὀρφώσ, γλαῦκοσ, ἔγχελυσ, κύων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 54 1:5)
  • σκόμβροσ, θύννοσ, κωβιόσ, ἠλακατῆνεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 623)

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