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σάρξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: σάρξ σαρκός

Structure: σαρκ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: sarko/s

Sense

  1. The material which covers the bones of a creature: flesh
  2. body
  3. the edible flesh of a fruit
  4. The seat of animalistic / immoral desires and thoughts, such as lust
  5. That which is opposed to the spiritual

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σάρξ σάρκε σάρκες
Genitive σαρκός σαρκοῖν σαρκῶν
Dative σαρκί σαρκοῖν σαρξίν*
Accusative σάρκα σάρκε σάρκας
Vocative σάρξ σάρκε σάρκες

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

  • ΚΑΙ παραγίνονται πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸσ Δαυὶδ εἰσ Χεβρὼν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ. ἰδοὺ ὀστᾶ σου καὶ σάρκεσ σου ἡμεῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 5:1)
  • ἀδελφοί μου ὑμεῖσ, ὀστᾶ μου καὶ σάρκεσ μου ὑμεῖσ, ἱνατί γίνεσθε ἔσχατοι τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι τὸν βασιλέα εἰσ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ̣ (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 19:12)
  • ΚΑΙ ἦλθε πᾶσ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸσ Δαυὶδ ἐν Χεβρὼν λέγοντεσ. ἰδοὺ ὀστᾶ σου καὶ σάρκεσ σου ἡμεῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 11:1)
  • καὶ πνεῦμα ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου ἐπῆλθεν, ἔφριξαν δέ μου τρίχεσ καὶ σάρκεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 4:15)
  • μὴ ἰσχὺσ λίθων ἡ ἰσχύσ μου̣ ἢ αἱ σάρκεσ μού εἰσι χάλκεαι̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 6:12)

Synonyms

  1. body

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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