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τίγρις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τίγρις τίγρεως

Structure: τιγρι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. tiger

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

  • τὰσ δὲ τίγρεισ φασὶ περιτυμπανιζομένασ ἐκμαίνεσθαι παντάπασι καὶ διασπᾶν ἑαυτάσ. (Plutarch, Conjugalia Praecepta, chapter, section 45 2:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ διαγριαίνεται καὶ ἀγανακτεῖ, καὶ τὰσ τίγρεισ δέ φασι περιτυμπανιζομένασ ἐκμαίνεσθαι καὶ ταράττεσθαι καὶ τέλοσ αὑτὰσ διασπᾶν. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 5 6:1)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ οἱ καλούμενοι Βαβυλώνιοι τίγρεισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 50 2:4)
  • καὶ τίγρεισ δ’ ἐν τοῖσ Πρασίοισ φησὶν ὁ Μεγασθένησ μεγίστουσ γίνεσθαι, σχεδὸν δέ τι καὶ διπλασίουσ λεόντων, δυνατοὺσ δὲ ὥστε τῶν ἡμέρων τινὰ ἀγόμενον ὑπὸ τεττάρων τῷ ὀπισθίῳ σκέλει δραξάμενον ἡμιόνου βιάσασθαι καὶ ἑλκύσαι πρὸσ ἑαυτόν. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 74:5)

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