χελιδών
Third declension Noun; Feminine
동물
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
χελιδών
χελιδόνος
Structure:
χελιδων
(Stem)
Sense
- the swallow
- the frog in a horse's foot
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.
- ἐπὶ τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν ἐφίπτανται νυκτερίδεσ, χελιδόνεσ καὶ τὰ ὄρνεα, ὡσαύτωσ δὲ καὶ οἱ αἴλουροι. (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:22)
- ἀλλ’ ὁπόταν πτήξωσι χελιδόνεσ εἰσ ἕνα χῶρον, τοὺσ ἔποπασ φεύγουσαι, ἀπόσχωνταί τε φαλήτων, παῦλα κακῶν ἔσται, τὰ δ’ ὑπέρτερα νέρτερα θήσει Ζεὺσ ὑψιβρεμέτησ ‐ ἐπάνω κατακεισόμεθ’ ἡμεῖσ; (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode 1:21)
- ἢν δὲ διαστῶσιν καὶ ἀναπτῶνται πτερύγεσσιν ἐξ ἱεροῦ ναοῖο χελιδόνεσ, οὐκέτι δόξει ὄρνεον οὐδ’ ὁτιοῦν καταπυγωνέστερον εἶναι. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode 1:22)
- ἄνω δὲ τὸν ὑπαγωγέα ἐπέτοντ’ ἔχουσαι κατόπιν ὥσπερ παιδία τὸν πηλὸν ἐν τοῖσ στόμασιν αἱ χελιδόνεσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene 1:2)
- δὲ καὶ παρδάλεισ καὶ λεαίνασ πολλάκισ ἑώρακασ, ὡσ οὐδέν τι τὰ θήλεα τοῖσ ἄρρεσιν ὑφίεται θυμοῦ καὶ ἀλκῆσ ὥσπερ ἡ σὴ γυνή, σοῦ πολεμοῦντοσ, οἴκοι κάθηται πρὸσ ἐσχάρᾳ πυρόσ, οὐκ ἂν οὐδ’ οὖσα αἱ χελιδόνεσ ἀμυνομένη τοὺσ ἐπ’ αὐτὴν καὶ τὸν οἶκον βαδίζοντασ, καὶ ταῦτα Λάκαινα οὖσα. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 4 15:1)
Synonyms
-
the swallow
-
the frog in a horse's foot
