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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)
  • 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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