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σπῆλυγξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπῆλυγξ σπήλυγγος

Structure: σπηλυγγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. cave

Declension

Third 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

  • οὗτοσ ᾤκει μὲν τὸ πρόσθεν ἀνὰ τὸ Παρθένιον, ὑπὸ δὲ τὸν Δάτιδοσ ἐπίπλουν καὶ τὴν Μαραθῶνάδε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀπόβασιν ἧκεν ἄκλητοσ τοῖσ Ἀθηναίοισ σύμμαχοσ, καὶ τὸ ἀπ’ ἐκείνου τὴν ὑπὸ τῇ ἀκροπόλει σπήλυγγα ταύτην ἀπολαβόμενοσ οἰκεῖ μικρὸν ὑπὲρ τοῦ Πελασγικοῦ εἰσ τὸ μετοίκιον συντελῶν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 9:7)
  • "νυμφῶν ὑπὸ σπήλυγγα τόνδ’ αὐτόστεγον σύαγρον ἐκβόλειον εὔθηρον κυσίν, ὁπλάσ τ’ ἀπαρχὰσ ἀκροθινιάζομαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 64 1:9)
  • οὐδ’ Ὀδυσεὺσ ἑκατόν τε καὶ εἴκοσι μῆνασ ἀλαθεὶσ πάντασ ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπουσ, Αἴδαν τ’ εἰσ ἔσχατον ἐλθὼν ζωόσ, καὶ σπήλυγγα φυγὼν ὀλοοῖο Κύκλωποσ, δηναιὸν κλέοσ ἔσχεν, ἐσιγάθη δ’ ἂν ὑφορβὸσ Εὔμαιοσ, καὶ βουσὶ Φιλοίτιοσ ἀμφ’ ἀγελαίαισ ἔργον ἔχων, αὐτόσ τε περίσπλαγχνοσ Λαέρτησ, εἰ μή σφεασ ὤνασαν Ἰάονοσ ἀνδρὸσ ἀοιδαί. (Theocritus, Idylls, 24)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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