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σφήξ?

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration: sphēx

Principal Part: σφήξ σφηκός

Structure: σφηκ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. wasp

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative σφήξ σφῆκε σφῆκες
Genitive σφηκός σφηκοῖν σφηκῶν
Dative σφηκί σφηκοῖν σφηξί(ν)
Accusative σφῆκα σφῆκε σφῆκας
Vocative σφήξ σφῆκε σφῆκες

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

  • ἀμύνεται μέντοι οὐ κατὰ τοὐρροπύγιον ὡς σφὴξ καὶ μέλιττα, ἀλλὰ τῷ στόματι καὶ τῇ προβοσκίδι, ἣν κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ τοῖς ἐλέφασι καὶ αὐτὴ ἔχουσα προνομεύει τε καὶ ἐπιλαμβάνεται καὶ προσφῦσα κατέχει κοτυληδόνι κατὰ τὸ ἄκρον ἐοικυῖαν. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 3:4)
  • εἰ γενναίως πάσχει, καὶ προσκερδαίνων καὶ προσωφελούμενος ἀπέρχεται, ἐκεῖνος δὲ βλαπτόμενός ἐστιν ὁ τὰ οἰκτρότατα πάσχων καὶ αἴσχιστα, ὁ ἀντὶ ἀνθρώπου λύκος γινόμενος ἢ ἔχις ἢ σφήξ· (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 127:3)

Synonyms

  1. wasp

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