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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

  • λέγω δ’ ὑμῖν ὅτι διοσημία ’στὶ καὶ ῥανὶσ βέβληκέ με. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 5:27)
  • καὶ πειρωμένῳ ἐμεῖν οὐκ ἀπήντα, ἀλλ’ ἦν καὶ ῥανὶσ ἀντὶ τρικυμίασ, διὰ τὸ ἐνίσχεσθαί τε καὶ πνιγμὸν φέρειν, μόλισ δ’ ἂν καὶ μετὰ πολλοῦ θορύβου καὶ πολλῆσ ἀπογνώσεωσ ἀπηλλάγην οὐκ ἀναιμωτὶ, ἀλλ’ ἀνεξαίνετο ἅπασ ὁ πόροσ καὶ καθίστατο ἀντ’ ἄλλου τραύματοσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 1:3)
  • ὅτι ὡσ ροπὴ ἐκ πλαστίγγων ὅλοσ ὁ κόσμοσ ἐναντίον σου καὶ ὡσ ρανὶσ δρόσου ὀρθρινὴ κατελθοῦσα ἐπὶ γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 11:22)

Synonyms

  1. a drop

  2. semen

  3. drop

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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