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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

  • ὥσπερ ἀκαλήφασ ἐσθίων πρὸ χελιδόνων ἔκλεπτεσ. (Aristotle, Agon, antepirrheme12)
  • ἐπιφυλλίδεσ ταῦτ’ ἐστὶ καὶ στωμύλματα, χελιδόνων μουσεῖα, λωβηταὶ τέχνησ, ἃ φροῦδα θᾶττον, ἢν μόνον χορὸν λάβῃ, ἅπαξ προσουρήσαντα τῇ τραγῳδίᾳ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue 4:2)
  • ἐσ θοἰμάτιον τὸ σκόλιον ᾄδειν μοι δοκεῖ, δεῖσθαι δ’ ἐοίκεν οὐκ ὀλίγων χελιδόνων. (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, lyric5)
  • ἐπειδὰν δὲ οὗτοι παύσωνται ᾄδοντεσ, δεύτεροσ χορὸσ παρέρχεται ἐκ κύκνων καὶ χελιδόνων καὶ ἀηδόνων. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 15:5)
  • "ὁ δὲ Βέσσοσ, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, ἀπεκτονὼσ τὸν πατέρα τὸν ἑαυτοῦ πολὺν χρόνον ἐλάνθανεν, ὕστερον δὲ πρὸσ ξένουσ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον ἐλθών, χελιδόνων τινὰ νεοσσιὰν τῇ λόγχῃ νύξασ κατέβαλε καὶ τοὺσ νεοσσοὺσ διέφθειρε. (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 8 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. the swallow

  2. the frog in a horse's foot

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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