Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὕνις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕνις ὕνιος

Structure: ὑνι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a ploughshare

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

  • οὕτω πᾶσ1̓ ἀπόλωλε, γεωπόνε, βῶλοσ ἀρότροισ, ἤδη καὶ τύμβουσ νωτοβατοῦσι βόεσ, ἡ δ’ ὕνισ ἐν νεκύεσσι; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 1751)
  • ταρχύθην γὰρ ἐγὼ τὸ πρίν ποτε, νῦν δ’ ἀροτῆροσ χερσὶ σιδηρείη μ’ ἐξεκύλισεν ὕνισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 1762)

Synonyms

  1. a ploughshare

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

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