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ὠρῡγή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠρῡγή ὠρυγῆς

Structure: ὠρῡγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: = w)ruqmo/s, Plut.

Sense

  1. a howling of wolves, dogs

Declension

First 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

  • "ὅθεν ἀκούεσθαι μυρίασ μὲν ὠρυγὰσ καὶ στεναγμοὺσ ζῴων μυρίων δὲ κλαυθμὸν βρεφῶν καὶ μεμιγμένουσ ἀνδρῶν καὶ γυναικῶν ὀδυρμούσ, ψόφουσ δὲ παντοδαποὺσ καὶ θορύβουσ ἐκ βάθουσ πόρρωθεν ἀμυδροὺσ ἀναπεμπομένουσ οἷσ οὐ μετρίωσ αὐτὸσ ἐκπεπλῆχθαι. (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 2215)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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