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υἱός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: υἱός υἱέος

Structure: υἱ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Hom. sometimes makes the 1st syll. short, as if it were u(o/s.

Sense

  1. son
  2. child
  3. son of God, Jesus

Declension

Second 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

  • λέγεται γοῦν Ὀνησίκριτον́ τινα Αἰγινήτην πέμψαι εἰσ τὰσ Ἀθήνασ δυοῖν ὄντοιν υἱοῖν τὸν ἕτερον Ἀνδροσθένην, ὃν ἀκούσαντα τοῦ Διογένουσ αὐτόθι προσμεῖναι· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 56:5)

Synonyms

  1. son

  2. child

  3. son of God

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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