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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

  • 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)
  • 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)
  • εἶτα δεῖπνα ἐπὶ χρυσοῦ ‐ εὐτελὴσ γὰρ ὁ ἄργυροσ καὶ οὐ κατ̓ ἐμέ ‐ τάριχοσ μὲν ἐξ Ἰβηρίασ, οἶνοσ δὲ ἐξ Ἰταλίασ, ἔλαιον δὲ ἐξ Ἰβηρίασ καὶ τοῦτο, μέλι δὲ ἡμέτερον τὸ ἄπυρον, καὶ ὄψα πανταχόθεν καὶ σύεσ καὶ λαγώσ, καὶ ὅσα πτηνά, ὄρνισ ἐκ Φάσιδοσ καὶ ταὼσ ἐξ Ἰνδίασ καὶ ἀλεκτρυὼν ὁ Νομαδικόσ· (Lucian, 40:1)
  • πῶσ γὰρ ἂν ἢ δοῖεν οὗτοι λόγον ἢ λάβοιεν, ἑώσ ὄνοι καὶ σύεσ καὶ λέοντέσ εἰσι; (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 1 11:3)

Synonyms

  1. pig

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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