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.
- "πλὴν ἀλλά γε διὰ τὴν πενίαν ὑφιστάμην τὸν ἆθλον καὶ τὰ ψυχρὰ ἐκεῖνα τὰ ἐκ τῆσ σοροῦ φιλήματα ὑπερήδιστά μοι ἐποίει ὁ λιμόσ. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:84)
- ὦ οὗτοσ οὗτοσ τυφεδανὲ καὶ χοιρόθλιψ, ποθεῖν ἐρᾶν τ’ ἐοίκασ ὡραίασ σοροῦ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode, lyric 2:16)
- ἐμοῦ γοῦν Θούκριτοσ πόσα κατέφαγεν ἀεὶ τεθνήξεσθαι δοκῶν καὶ ὁπότε ἐσίοιμι ὑποστένων καὶ μύχιόν τι καθάπερ ἐξ ᾠοῦ νεοττὸσ ἀτελὴσ ὑποκρώζων, ὥστ̓ ἔγωγε ὅσον αὐτίκα οἰόμενοσ ἐπιβήσειν αὐτὸν τῆσ σοροῦ ἔπεμπόν τε πολλά, ὡσ μὴ ὑπερβάλλοιντό με οἱ ἀντερασταὶ τῇ μεγαλοδωρεᾷ, καὶ τὰ πολλὰ ὑπὸ φροντίδων ἄγρυπνοσ ἐκείμην ἀριθμῶν ἕκαστα καὶ διατάττων. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 11:2)
- ἤδη καὶ σκώληκεσ ὑπὲκ σοροῦ αὐγάζονται ἡμετέρησ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4802)
- ἀπείχοντο δὲ καὶ σοροῦ κυπαρισσίνησ διὰ τὸ τὸ τοῦ Διὸσ σκῆπτρον ἐντεῦθεν πεποιῆσθαι, ὥσ φησιν Ἕρμιπποσ ἐν δευτέρῳ Περὶ Πυθαγόρου. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, h, Kef. a'. PUQAGORAS 10:10)
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
