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.
- "ὅταν ἐγγύσ ᾖ τῳ δ’ ἡ σορόσ, ἀρτύω φακῆν καὶ τὸ περίδειπνον τοῦ βίου λαμπρόν ποιῶ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 68 1:23)
- ἐπεὶ προέβη τοῖσ ἔτεσιν ἡ Γνάθαινα καὶ ἤδη τελέωσ ἦν ὁμολογουμένη σορόσ, εἰσ τὴν ἀγορὰν λέγουσιν αὐτὴν ἐξίναι καὶ τοὔψον ἐφορᾶν καὶ πολυπραγμονεῖν πόσου πωλεῖθ’ ἕκαστον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 43 5:2)
- ὁ ψόφοσ ἦν κλυστῆροσ ἐν οὐάσι, καὶ στεφανοῦτο ἡ σορόσ, οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι τὸν φακὸν ηὐτρέπισαν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1193)
- γινώσκειν σε θέλω, Πλακιανέ, σαφῶσ, ὅτι πᾶσα ἔγχαλκοσ γραῖα πλουσία ἐστὶ σορόσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 4251)
- οὐδὲν γὰρ βιότου πιστὸν ἐφημερίοισ, εἰ καὶ τόνδε Κάσανδρον ἔχει σορὸσ ἥδε θανόντα, ἄνθρωπον φύσεωσ ἄξιον ἀθανάτου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3272)
- καὶ ἔτεκε Μοωχὰ γυνὴ Μαχὶρ υἱὸν καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Φαρέσ, καὶ ὄνομα ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ Σόροσ. υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ Οὐλὰμ καὶ Ροκόμ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 7:16)
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
