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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

  • Καὶ ταῦτα ὑμῖν ἀκάθαρτα ἀπὸ τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν ἐπί τῆσ γῆσ. ἡ γαλῆ καὶ ὁ μῦσ καὶ ὁ κροκόδειλοσ ὁ χερσαῖοσ, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 11:29)
  • ὁ δὲ Ῥωμαίων μέγασ δαίμων οὐκ ἐφήμεροσ πνεύσασ οὐδὲ καιρὸν ἀκμάσασ βραχὺν ὡσ ὁ Μακεδόνων, οὐδὲ χερσαῖοσ μόνον ὡσ ὁ Λακώνων οὐδ’ ἐνάλιοσ ὡσ ὁ Ἀθηναίων, οὐδ’ ὀψὲ κινηθεὶσ ὡσ ὁ Περσῶν, οὐδὲ ταχὺ παυσάμενοσ ὡσ ὁ Καρχηδονίων ἀλλ’ ἄνωθεν ἐκ πρώτων γενέσεων τῇ πόλει συνηβήσασ καὶ συναυξηθεὶσ καὶ συμπολιτευσάμενοσ, καὶ παραμείνασ βέβαιοσ ἐν γῇ καὶ θαλάττῃ καὶ πολέμοισ καὶ εἰρήνῃ καὶ πρὸσ βαρβάρουσ καὶ πρὸσ Ἕλληνασ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 11 4:1)
  • χερσαῖοσ μόνον ὡσ ὁ Λακώνων οὐδ’ ἐνάλιοσ ὡσ ὁ Ἀθηναίων, οὐδ’ ὀψὲ κινηθεὶσ ὡσ ὁ Περσῶν, οὐδὲ ταχὺ παυσάμενοσ ὡσ ὁ Κολοφωνίων ἀλλ’ ἄνωθεν ἐκ πρώτων γενέσεων τῇ πόλει συνηβήσασ καὶ συναυξηθεὶσ καὶ συμπολιτευσάμενοσ, καὶ παραμείνασ βέβαιοσ ἐν γῇ καὶ θαλάττῃ καὶ πολέμοισ καὶ εἰρήνῃ καὶ πρὸσ βαρβάρουσ καὶ πρὸσ Ἕλληνασ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 11 10:1)
  • "ὁ πέρδιξ ἐστὶ μὲν χερσαῖοσ, σχιδανόπουσ, ζῇ δὲ ἔτη πεντεκαίδεκα, ἡ δὲ θήλεια καὶ πλείονα, πολυχρονιώτερα γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ ὄρνισι τῶν ἀρρένων τὰ θήλεα, ἐπῳάζει δὲ καὶ ἐκτρέφει καθάπερ ἡ ἀλεκτορίσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 41 2:8)
  • "βραδὺσ γὰρ ὁ ἐκείνου καὶ χερσαῖοσ Ἔρωσ, ὁ δὲ σὸσ ἐκ Κιλικίασ Ἀθήναζε λαιψηρὰ κυκλώσασ πτερὰ διαπόντιοσ πέτεται, τοὺσ καλοὺσ ἐφορῶν καὶ συμπλανώμενοσ. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 3 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. peninsula

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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