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σαύρα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σαύρα σαύρας

Structure: σαυρ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. lizard

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σαύρα σαύρᾱ σαῦραι
Genitive σαύρᾱς σαύραιν σαυρῶν
Dative σαύρᾱͅ σαύραιν σαύραις
Accusative σαῦραν σαύρᾱ σαύρᾱς
Vocative σαῦρα σαύρᾱ σαῦραι

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

  • καὶ μὴ μόνον ἐκεῖνο τὸ θρυλούμενον ἀκηκοὼσ ἔστω, ζῳγραφίαν μὲν εἶναι φθεγγομένην τὴν ποίησιν, ποίησιν δὲ σιγῶσαν τὴν ζῳγραφίαν, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ τούτῳ διδάσκωμεν αὐτὸν ὅτι γεγραμμένην σαύραν ἢ πίθηκον ἢ Θερσίτου πρόσωπον ἰδόντεσ ἡδόμεθα καὶ θαυμάζομεν οὐχ ὡσ καλὸν ἀλλ’ ὡσ ὅμοιον. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 32)
  • σαύραν τοι τρίψασα ποτὸν κακὸν αὔριον οἰσῶ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 47)
  • πρῴην τὴν σαύραν Ἀγάθων ῥοδοδάκτυλον εἶχεν νῦν δ’ αὐτὴν ἤδη καὶ ῥοδόπηχυν ἔχει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 211)
  • τὴν δ’ ἤδη πρὸσ χεῖρα σαλευομένην, λέγε σαύραν τὴν δὲ τελειοτέρην, οἶδασ ἃ χρή σε καλεῖν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 3 1:1)
  • ἐχθὲσ λουόμενοσ Διοκλῆσ ἀνενήνοχε σαύραν ἐκ τῆσ ἐμβάσεωσ τὴν Ἀναδυομένην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 2071)

Synonyms

  1. lizard

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