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ῥανίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥανίς ῥανίδος

Structure: ῥανιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: r(ai/nw

Sense

  1. a drop
  2. semen
  3. (figuratively) drop, spot

Declension

Third 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

  • εἰσὶ δ’ αἱ ῥανίδεσ οὐ σχήματοσ μορφαὶ ἀλλὰ χρώματοσ· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 3, 8:1)
  • εἰ γάρ τισ ἄντικρυσ τῶν ἡλίου ἀκτίνων λάβῃ ὕδωρ καὶ πυτίσῃ αἱ δὲ ῥανίδεσ ἀνάκλασιν πρὸσ τὸν ἣλιον λάβωσιν, εὑρήσει γινομένην ἶριν· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 3, 11:3)
  • τούτου δὲ ῥανίδεσ εἰσ ὀφθαλμὸν ἐμπεσοῦσαι πᾶν ἀπετύφλουν ζῷον· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 2 14:3)

Synonyms

  1. a drop

  2. semen

  3. drop

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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