σορός
Second declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
σορός
σοροῦ
Structure:
σορ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- a vessel for holding anything
- as nickname of an old man or woman
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.
- ὁ δ’ ὑπὸ γήρωσ μασταρύζει, κᾆτ’ ὀφλὼν ἀπέρχεται, εἶτα λύζει καὶ δακρύει καὶ λέγει πρὸσ τοὺσ φίλουσ, οὗ μ’ ἐχρῆν σορὸν πρίασθαι τοῦτ’ ὀφλὼν ἀπέρχομαι. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parabasis, epirrhema6)
- μὰ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην οὐκ ἄν ἧκον, εἴ μοι προεῖπέ τισ ὡσ ἐπὶ τούτοισ παραλαμβανοίμην, λυπῆσαι 17%2 ἄλλην, καὶ ταῦτα Φιλημάτιον τὴν σορόν. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:15)
- σορὸν ὠνήσει· (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Agon, antipnigos3)
- ἄρτι μὲν μάλ’ ἀνδρικὴν τῶν θηρικλείων ὑπεραφρίζουσαν σορόν κωθωνόχειλον,3 ψηφοπεριβομβήτριαν, μέλαιναν, εὐκύκλωτον, ὀξυπύνδακα,4 στίλβουσαν, ἀνταυγοῦσαν, ἐκνενιμμένην, κισσῷ κάρα βρύουσαν,5 ἐπικαλούμενοι εἷλκον Διὸσ σωτῆροσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 42 1:3)
- οἱ δὲ περὶ Ἀντίαν ἱστοροῦσι δώδεκα μὲν εἶναι βίβλουσ ἱεροφαντικάσ, δώδεκα δὲ ἄλλασ Ἑλληνικὰσ φιλοσόφουσ τὰσ εἰσ τὴν σορὸν συντεθείσασ. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 22 4:2)
Synonyms
-
a vessel for holding anything
- κύβας (a vessel for holding)
- ὀχεύς (anything for holding or fastening)
- ὄχος (anything which holds, bears)
-
as nickname of an old man or woman
