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.
- καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν Ἰωσὴφ ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν δέκα. καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἔθηκαν ἐν τῇ σορῷ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 50:26)
- ἐν τῇ σορῷ νυνὶ λαχὸν τὸ γράμμα σου δικάζειν, σὺ δ’ οὐ βαδίζεισ, ὁ δὲ Χάρων τὸ ξύμβολον δίδωσιν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Parodos18)
- ἔπειτα ἐσ πόσον ἔτι τὸν λοιπὸν χρόνον ἀπολαύσεισ αὐτοῦ γέρων ἤδη καὶ παντὸσ ἡδέοσ ἔξωροσ ὢν καὶ τὸν ἕτερον πόδα, φασίν, ἐν τῇ σορῷ ἔχων; (Lucian, 161:2)
- Ἀγαμέμνων δὲ κωλύει τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ καῆναι, καὶ μόνοσ οὗτοσ τῶν ἐν Ἰλίῳ ἀποθανόντων ἐν σορῷ κεῖται· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 5 15:2)
- ἐπισκήπτει μὲν γὰρ αὐτῷ, προειπὼν ὅτι οὐδὲ ἐκεῖνοσ ἀπέχει μακρὰν τῆσ τοῦ βίου τελευτῆσ, εἴ πωσ εἰή δυνατόν, προδιοικήσασθαι, ὅπωσ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐτράφησαν καὶ ἐβίωσαν ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ, οὕτω καὶ τελευτησάντων αὐτῶν τὰ ὀστᾶ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ σορῷ κείσεται· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1462)
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
