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σῦς

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σῦς συός

Structure: σῡ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. pig; swine; hog

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

  • ἐν δὲ συῶν ἀγέλαι χλούνων· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 16:1)
  • οὗ δὴ στενὸν δίαυλον ᾤκισται πέτρασ δεινὴ Χάρυβδισ, ὠμοβρώσ τ’ ὀρειβάτησ Κύκλωψ, Λιγυστίσ θ’ ἡ συῶν μορφώτρια Κίρκη, θαλάσσησ θ’ ἁλμυρᾶσ ναυάγια, λωτοῦ τ’ ἔρωτεσ, Ἡλίου θ’ ἁγναὶ βόεσ, αἳ σάρκα φωνήεσσαν ἥσουσίν ποτε, πικρὰν Ὀδυσσεῖ γῆρυν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic 3:18)
  • "τῶν δὲ συῶν τὰ μὲν ἤδη συμπεπηγότα δέλφακεσ, τὰ δ’ ἁπαλὰ καὶ ἔνικμα χοῖροι, ἔνθεν τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν σαφὲσ γίνεται· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 17 4:1)
  • "πεταλίδων δέ τοι συῶν μορφαῖσ ταῖσδε πόλλ’ ἐπάιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 18 1:1)
  • θύματα δὲ καταβάλλεσθαι ταύρων καὶ συῶν καὶ προβάτων τε καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν κτηνῶν ἑκάστησ ἡμέρασ πολλά, πίθουσ τε οἴνου παρεσκευάσθαι καὶ πλῆθοσ ἀλφίτων πεφυραμένων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 34 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. pig

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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