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ὗς

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὗς ὑός

Structure: ὑ̄ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. pig, swine, hog

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

  • λέγει δέ τινασ καὶ ὑάσ διὰ τούτων χαλκίδεσ θ’ ὑέσ τε ἱέρακέσ τε χὠ πίων κύων, εἰ μὴ ἄρα οὗτοι οἱ αὐτοί εἰσι τῷ κάπρῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1314)
  • τοῖσιν δ’ Ἀλκίνοοσ δυοκαίδεκα μῆλ’ ἱέρευσεν, ὀκτὼ δ’ ἀργιόδοντασ ὑάσ, δύο δ’ εἰλίποδασ βοῦσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 6:9)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ πᾶσαν ἐφημοσύνην ἀπέειπε, βῆ ῥ’ ἴμεναι μεθ’ ὑάσ, λίπε δ’ ἑρ́κεά τε μέγαρόν τε. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 16 37:2)
  • ὣσ φάθ’, ὁ δ’ αὖτισ ἄρ’ ἕζετ’ ἐϋξέστου ἐπὶ δίφρου, πλησάμενοσ δ’ ἄρα θυμὸν ἐδητύοσ ἠδὲ ποτῆτοσ βῆ ῥ’ ἴμεναι μεθ’ ὑάσ, λίπε δ’ ἑρ́κεά τε μέγαρόν τε, πλεῖον δαιτυμόνων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 17 89:1)

Synonyms

  1. pig

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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