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χερσαῖος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χερσαῖος χερσαίου

Structure: χερσαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. (geography) peninsula

Declension

Second 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

  • χρὴ οὖν χερσαίου βατράχου δίκην διψῶντα κεκραγέναι, ὡσ ἐπίσημοσ ἔσῃ ἐν τοῖσ ἐπαινοῦσι καὶ κορυφαῖοσ ἐπιμελούμενον πολλάκισ δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων σιωπησάντων αὐτὸν ἐπειπεῖν ἐσκεμμένον τινὰ ἔπαινον πολλὴν τὴν κολακείαν ἐμφανιοῦντα. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 28:2)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν ἐχίνου γέ τινα χερσαίου διηγήσατο πρόγνωσιν Ἀριστοτέλησ πνευμάτων, ὃσ ἐθαύμαζε καὶ γεράνων τὴν ἐν τριγώνῳ πτῆσιν. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 281)

Synonyms

  1. peninsula

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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