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τρήρων

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: τρήρων τρήρωνος

Structure: τρηρων (Stem)

Etym.: tre/w

Sense

  1. timorous, shy

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τρήρων τρήρωνε τρήρωνες
Genitive τρήρωνος τρηρώνοιν τρηρώνων
Dative τρήρωνι τρηρώνοιν τρήρωσιν*
Accusative τρήρωνα τρήρωνε τρήρωνας
Vocative τρήρων τρήρωνε τρήρωνες

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

  • καὶ κέπφοι τρήρωνεσ ἀλωπεκιδεῦσι πέπεισθε, ὧν δόλιαι ψυχαί, δόλιαι φρένεσ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, dactyls4)
  • τῇ μὲν τ’ οὐδὲ ποτητὰ, παρέρχεται οὐδὲ Πέλειαι τρήρωνεσ, ταὶ τ’ ἀμβροσίην Διὶ πατρὶ φέρουσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 79 3:2)
  • ἔπειτα δ’ ὅτι τὸ τρήρωνεσ μόνων ἐδέξαντο εἶναι ἐπίθετον πελειάδων, ἐπεὶ διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν εὐλαβὴσ ἡ ὄρνισ αὕτη τρεῖν δ’ ἐστὶ τὸ εὐλαβεῖσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 79 5:2)
  • Ζεὺσ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐνὶ Κρήτῃ τρέφετο μέγασ, οὐδ’ ἄρα τίσ νιν ἠείδει μακάρων ὁ δ’ ἀέξετο πᾶσι μέλεσσι, τὸν μὲν ἄρα τρήρωνεσ ὑπὸ ζαθέῳ τράφον ἄντρῳ ἀμβροσίην φορέουσαι ἀπ’ ’ Ὠκεανοῖο ῥοάων νέκταρ δ’ ἐκ πέτρησ μέγασ αἰετὸσ αἰὲν ἀφύσσων γαμφηλῇσ φορέεσκε ποτὸν Διὶ μητιόεντι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 80 3:1)
  • τῇ μὲν τ’ οὐδὲ ποτητὰ παρέρχεται οὐδὲ πέλειαι τρήρωνεσ ταὶ τ’ ἀμβροσίην Διὶ πατρὶ φέρουσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 82 3:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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