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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

  • "οὔτε κύνεσ ἐπὶ μισθῷ σκύλακασ φιλοῦσιν οὔθ’ ἵπποι πώλουσ οὔτ’ ὄρνιθεσ νεοττοὺσ ἀλλὰ προῖκα καὶ φυσικῶσ," ἐπιγνωσθήσεται τοῖσ ἁπάντων πάθεσιν ὡσ εὖ καὶ ἀληθῶσ λεγόμενον. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 2 8:3)
  • ἀναφθέγξαιτο μεταγράψασ, ὡσ οὔτε κύνεσ ἐπὶ μισθῷ σκύλακασ φιλοῦσιν οὔθ’ ἵπποι πώλουσ οὔτ’ ὄρνιθεσ νεοττοὺσ ἀλλὰ προῖκα καὶ φυσικῶσ, ἐπιγνωσθήσεται τοῖσ ἁπάντων πάθεσιν ὡσ εὖ καὶ ἀληθῶσ λεγόμενον. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 2 26:1)
  • καὶ καθάπερ οἱ κυνηγοὶ τοὺσ σκύλακασ οὐκ ἐῶσιν ἐκτρέπεσθαι καὶ διώκειν πᾶσαν ὀδμήν, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ ῥυτῆρσιν ἕλκουσι καὶ ἀνακρούουσι, καθαρὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἄκρατον φυλάττοντεσ τὸ αἰσθητήριον ἐπὶ τὸ οἰκεῖον ἔργον, ἵν’ εὐτονώτερον ἐμφύηται τοῖσ ἴχνεσι πέλματα θηρείων μελέων μυκτῆρσιν ἐρευνῶν οὕτω δεῖ τὰσ ἐπὶ πᾶν θέαμα καὶ πᾶν ἄκουσμα τοῦ πολυπράγμονοσ ἐκδρομὰσ καὶ περιπλανήσεισ ἀφαιρεῖν καὶ ἀντισπᾶν ἐπὶ τὰ χρήσιμα φυλάττοντασ. (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 11 1:3)
  • σύν τε δύω μάρψασ ὥστε σκύλακασ προτὶ γαίῃ κόπτ’· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1623)
  • "καὶ θηρατικὸσ οὐ τοῖσ ἄρρεσι χαίρει μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ Κρήσσασ τρέφει καὶ Λακαίνασ σκύλακασ· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 219)

Synonyms

  1. young dog

  2. dog

  3. whelp

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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