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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)
  • τοὶ δ’ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐγειρέσθην κοτέοντε μάχεσθαι, ἀμφότεροι, χλοῦναί τε σύεσ χαροποί τε λέοντεσ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 16:8)
  • οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν περιπλεκόμενοι ἀλλήλουσ ὑποσκελίζουσιν, οἱ δὲ ἄγχουσι καὶ λυγίζουσι καὶ ἐν τῷ πηλῷ συναναφύρονται κυλινδούμενοι ὥσπερ σύεσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 1:2)
  • λέγουσι γὰρ δὴ ὦν τὸ ἔργον τὸ ἐσ Ἄδωνιν ὑπὸ τοῦ συὸσ ἐν τῇ χώρῃ τῇ σφετέρῃ γενέσθαι, καὶ μνήμην τοῦ πάθεοσ τύπτονταί τε ἑκάστου ἔτεοσ καὶ θρηνέουσι καὶ τὰ ὄργια ἐπιτελέουσι καὶ σφίσι μεγάλα πένθεα ἀνὰ τὴν χώρην ἵσταται. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 6:2)
  • ἐσβαίνοντι δέ οἱ ἀπίκοντο σύεσ καὶ ἵπποι καὶ λεόντων γένεα καὶ ὄφιεσ καὶ ἄλλα ὁκόσα ἐν γῇ νέμονται, πάντα ἐσ ζεύγεα. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 12:10)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ δαίμων κάρτοσ Αἰτωλοῖσ ὄρεξεν, θάπτομεν οὓσ κατέπε‐ φνεν σῦσ ἐριβρύχασ ἐπαί̈σσων βίᾳ, Ἀγκαῖον ἐμῶν τ’ Ἀγέλαον φ[έρτ]ατον κεδνῶν ἀδελφεῶν, οὓσ τέ]κεν ἐν μεγάροισ πατρὸ]σ Ἀλθαία περικλειτοῖσιν Οἰνέοσ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 9:2)
  • καὶ μὴν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ τούτων οὐδεὶσ ἂν ὑποσταίη θηρίον ὁμόσε ἰόν, ὁ δὲ παράσιτοσ αὐτά τε ἐπιόντα μένει καὶ δέχεται ῥᾳδίωσ, μεμελετηκὼσ αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖσ δείπνοισ καταφρονεῖν, καὶ οὔτε ἔλαφοσ οὔτε σῦσ αὐτὸν ἐκπλήττει πεφρικώσ, ἀλλὰ κἂν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ὁ σῦσ τὸν ὀδόντα θήγῃ, καὶ ὁ παράσιτοσ ἐπὶ τὸν σῦν ἀντιθήγει. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 51:9)
  • αὐτοῦ λόχμην, ἐν ᾗ ἔτυχε σῦσ ἄγριοσ ὤν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 62 1:3)
  • αἱ δὲ Συράκουσαι σῦσ καὶ τυρὸν παρέχουσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 49 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. pig

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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