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σκύλαξ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκύλαξ σκύλακος

Structure: σκυλακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: sku/llw

Sense

  1. young dog, whelp, puppy
  2. dog
  3. (of other young animals) whelp

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

  • καί ποτέ μιν στυφελιζομένου σκύλακοσ παριόντα φασὶν ἐποικτῖραι καὶ τόδε φάσθαι ἔποσ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 46)
  • καὶ ποτέ μιν στυφελιζομένου σκύλακοσ παριόντα φασὶν ἐποικτεῖραι, καὶ τόδε φάσθαι ἔποσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 1201)
  • τῆσ ἦ τοι φωνὴ μὲν ὅση σκύλακοσ νεογιλῆσ γίγνεται, αὐτὴ δ’ αὖτε πέλωρ κακόν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 12 9:8)
  • οἰεί οὖν τι, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, διαφέρειν φύσιν γενναίου σκύλακοσ εἰσ φυλακὴν νεανίσκου εὐγενοῦσ; (Plato, Republic, book 2 259:1)
  • καί ποτέ μιν στυφελιζομένου σκύλακοσ παριόντα φασὶν ἐποικτῖραι καὶ τόδε φάσθαι ἔποσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, h, Kef. a'. PUQAGORAS 36:6)

Synonyms

  1. young dog

  2. dog

  3. whelp

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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