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ῥανίς?

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration: rhanis

Principal Part: ῥανίς ῥανίδος

Structure: ῥανιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ῥαίνω

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)
  • δεῖ γὰρ ἐπινοῆσαι τὴν ὑγρὰν ἀναθυμίασιν εἰς νέφος μεταβάλλουσαν εἶτ ἐκ τούτου κατὰ βραχὺ εἰς μικρὰς ῥανίδας νοτιζούσας: (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 3, 6:1)
  • εἰσὶ δ αἱ ῥανίδες οὐ σχήματος μορφαὶ ἀλλὰ χρώματος: (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 3, 8:1)
  • τὸ δὲ δεύτερον μέρος ἐπιθολούμενον καὶ ἐκλυόμενον μᾶλλον τῆς λαμπηδόνος διὰ τὰς ῥανίδας ἁλουργές: (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 3, 9:1)
  • 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)
  • ὅτι ὡς ροπὴ ἐκ πλαστίγγων ὅλος ὁ κόσμος ἐναντίον σου καὶ ὡς ρανὶς δρόσου ὀρθρινὴ κατελθοῦσα ἐπὶ γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 11:22)
  • 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)

Synonyms

  1. a drop

  2. semen

  3. drop

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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