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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

  • τὸ δὲ τῶν ἀλεπιδώτων γένοσ, οἱο͂ν θύννων, σκόμβρων, θυννίδων, γόγγρων καὶ τῶν τοιούτων, συμβαίνει τούτοισ καὶ ἀγελαίοισ εἶναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 54 1:3)
  • πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι διὰ στόματοσ εἶχον τὰσ ἐν τῷ Σικελικῷ μυραίνασ, τὰσ πλωτὰσ ἐγχέλεισ, τῶν Παχυνικῶν θύννων τὰσ ἠτριαίασ τοὺσ ἐν Μήλῳ ἐρίφουσ, τοὺσ ἐν Σκιάθῳ κεστρέασ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 6 2:1)
  • θύννων τε λευκῶν Σικελικῶν ὑπήτρια· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 60 1:4)
  • θύννων δ’ ὡραίων Βυζάντιον ἔπλετο μήτηρ καὶ σκόμβρων βυθίων τε καὶ εὐχόρτου λικιβάττεω καὶ Πάριον κολιῶν κυδρὴ τροφὸσ ἔσκε πολίχνη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 84 1:2)
  • μέλανδρυσ δὲ τῶν μεγίστων θύννων εἶδόσ ἐστιν, ὡσ Πάμφιλοσ ἐν τοῖσ περὶ ὀνομάτων παρίστησι, καί ἐστι τὰ τεμάχη αὐτοῦ λιπαρώτερα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 92 3:3)

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