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χελιδών

Third declension Noun; Feminine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χελιδών χελιδόνος

Structure: χελιδων (Stem)

Sense

  1. the swallow
  2. 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.

Examples

  • γελοῖοι δ’ ἴσωσ ἐσμὲν ἐπὶ τῷ μανθάνειν τὰ ζῷα σεμνύνοντεσ, ὧν ὁ Δημόκριτοσ ἀποφαίνει μαθητὰσ ἐν τοῖσ μεγίστοισ γεγονότασ ἡμᾶσ ἀράχνησ ἐν ὑφαντικῇ καὶ ἀκεστικῇ, χελιδόνοσ ἐν οἰκοδομίᾳ καὶ τῶν λιγυρῶν, κύκνου καὶ ἀηδόνοσ, ἐν ᾠδῇ κατὰ μίμησιν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 201)
  • ἀλλ’ εἴπερ ἐστι μὴ χελιδόνοσ δίκην ἀγνῶτα φωνὴν βάρβαρον κεκτημένη, ἔσω φρενῶν λέγουσα πείθω νιν λόγῳ. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode10)
  • καὶ Ἀλέξανδροσ οὐ φαῦλον ποιησάμενοσ τὸ τῆσ χελιδόνοσ ἀνεκοίνωσεν Ἀριστάνδρῳ τῷ Τελμισσεῖ, μάντει· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 25 8:1)
  • "Γοργίασ δ’ ὁ σοφιστήσ, χελιδόνοσ ἀφείσησ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἀπόπατον, ἀναβλέψασ πρὸσ αὐτήν οὐ καλὰ ταῦτ’ εἶπεν ὦ Φιλομήλα ἢ καὶ τοῦτο κενόν ἐστι; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 9:3)
  • ἀλλὰ νὴ Δία ὡσ Ὅμηρον μύρῳ χρίσασ ἐκπέμπει χελιδόνοσ τιμὴν καταθεὶσ, οὕτωσ ἡμεῖσ Πλάτωνα ἐκπέμπειν ἐκ τῶν πόλεων ἐκελεύομεν ἢ μετ’ ἀδείασ τοσαύτησ κακῶσ αὐτὸν εἰρήκαμεν; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 12:6)

Synonyms

  1. the swallow

  2. the frog in a horse's foot

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