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χήν

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χήν χηνός

Structure: χην (Stem)

Sense

  1. goose

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

  • καὶ γὰρ πόσῳ κάλλιον, ἱκετεύω, τρέφειν ἄνθρωπον ἔστ’ ἄνθρωπον, ἂν ἔχῃ βίον, ἢ χῆνα πλατυγίζοντα καὶ κεχηνότα ἢ στρουθὸν ἢ πίθηκον, ἐπίβουλον κακόν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 16 2:2)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ὑμῖν, κατὰ τὸν ἥδιστον Δίφιλον παρατίθημ’ ὁλοσχερῆ ἄρν’ ἐσ μέσον σύμπτυκτον, ὠνθυλευμένον, χοιρίδια περιφόρινα κρομβώσασ ὅλα, δούρειον ἐπάγω χῆνα τῷ φυσήματι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 31 1:2)
  • "αἰετὸσ ἀργὴν χῆνα φέρων καί· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 328)
  • τὸν δ’ ἐν Αἰγίῳ παιδεραστοῦντα χῆνα καὶ τὸν ἐπιθυμήσαντα Γλαύκησ τῆσ κιθαρῳδοῦ κριόν· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 18 7:1)
  • ταύτην γὰρ τὴν Διὸσ φεύγουσαν συνουσίαν εἰσ χῆνα τὴν μορφὴν μεταβαλεῖν, ὁμοιωθέντα δὲ καὶ Δία κύκνῳ συνελθεῖν· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 10 8:3)

Synonyms

  1. goose

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