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σκύμνος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκύμνος σκύμνου

Structure: σκυμν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. cub, whelp, especially a lion's whelp
  2. (poetic, of men or women)

Declension

Second 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

  • καλόν, ὦ Θρῄκη, σκύμνον ἔθρεψασ πολίαρχον ἰδεῖν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, anapests2)
  • ἄνω δὲ τῆσ εἰκόνοσ οἱο͂ν ἀπό τινοσ σκοπῆσ Ἱπποκένταυρόσ τισ, ἀνὴρ ἐκείνησ δηλαδὴ τῆσ τὰ βρέφη ἀμφοτέρωθεν τιθηνουμένησ, ἐπικύπτει γελῶν οὐχ ὅλοσ φαινόμενοσ, ἀλλ̓ ἐσ μέσον τὸν ἵππον, λέοντοσ σκύμνον ἀνέχων τῇ δεξιᾷ καὶ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτὸν αἰωρῶν, ὡσ δεδίξαιτο σὺν παιδιᾷ τὰ βρέφη. (Lucian, Zeuxis 8:1)
  • τὸ νεογνὸν δὲ τὸ ἐν τῷ νηπίῳ ὅμωσ ἄγριον καὶ ἐν τῷ ἁπαλῷ ἤδη φοβερόν, καὶ τοῦτο θαυμαστὸν οἱο͂ν ἔδοξέ μοι, καὶ ὅτι παιδικῶσ μάλα πρὸσ τὸν σκύμνον τοῦ λέοντοσ ἀναβλέπουσι, μεταξὺ τῆσ θηλῆσ ἑκάτεροσ ἐπειλημμένοι ἐν χρῷ τῇ μητρὶ προσιστάμενοι. (Lucian, Zeuxis 12:1)
  • σκύμνον γάρ μ’ ὥστ’ οὐριθρέπταν μόσχον δειλαία δειλαίαν . (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, antistrophe3)
  • οὐ χρὴ λέοντοσ σκύμνον ἐν πόλει τρέφειν, μάλιστα μὲν λέοντα μὴ ν’ πόλει τρέφειν, ἢν δ’ ἐκτραφῇ τισ, τοῖσ τρόποισ ὑπηρετεῖν. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, trochees 2:19)

Synonyms

  1. cub

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