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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

  • καὶ τῷ Σὴθ ἐγένετο υἱόσ, ἐπωνόμασε δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐνώσ. οὗτοσ ἤλπισεν ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:26)
  • ἐξένηψε δὲ Νῶε ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴνου καὶ ἔγνω ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ υἱὸσ αὐτοῦ ὁ νεώτεροσ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 9:24)
  • Καὶ αὗται αἱ γενέσεισ Σήμ. καί ἦν Σὴμ υἱὸσ ἑκατὸν ἐτῶν, ὅτε ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἀρφαξάδ, δευτέρου ἔτουσ μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:10)
  • λέγει δὲ Ἅβραμ. δέσποτα Κύριε, τί μοι δώσεισ̣ ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπολύομαι ἄτεκνοσ. ὁ δὲ υἱὸσ Μασὲκ τῆσ οἰκογενοῦσ μου, οὗτοσ Δαμασκὸσ Ἐλιέζερ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:2)
  • καὶ ἔπεσεν Ἁβραὰμ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγέλασε καὶ εἶπεν ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ αὐτοῦ λέγων. εἰ τῷ ἑκατονταετεῖ γενήσεται υἱόσ̣ καὶ εἰ ἡ Σάρρα ἐνενήκοντα ἐτῶν τέξεται̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:17)

Synonyms

  1. son

  2. child

  3. son of God

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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