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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

  • τὸν γὰρ ἄριστον τῶν ἡρώων ἐπαινέσαι ζητῶν οὐ λέοντι ἢ παρδάλει ἢ ὑῒ τὴν ἀλκὴν αὐτοῦ εἰκάζει, ἀλλὰ τῷ θάρσει τῆσ μυίασ καὶ τῷ ἀτρέστῳ καὶ λιπαρεῖ τῆσ ἐπιχειρήσεωσ· (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 5:3)
  • ἵλεῳ νιν ὁ Δαλογενὴσ υἱ‐ ὸσ βαθυζώνοιο Λατοῦσ δέκτο βλεφάρῳ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 2:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὑὶ παχείᾳ καὶ μεγάλῃ; (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene8)
  • Κηφισόδωροσ Υἵ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 364)
  • λυχνοκαυτίαν δέ, ἣν οἱ πολλοὶ λέγουσιν λυχναψίαν, Κηφισόδωροσ ἐν Υἵ καὶ ὁ Κύνουλκοσ αἰεί ποτε τῷ Οὐλπιανῷ ἀντικορυσσόμενοσ ἔφη· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, compendium in ce 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. pig

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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