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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

  • κἀκ Βοιωτῶν γε φέροντασ ἰδεῖν χῆνασ νήττασ φάττασ τροχίλουσ· (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, anapests10)
  • ἔτι δὲ μᾶλλον αὐτὸν τὴν ἀτοπίαν ἐθαύμασαν, ὅτε ξενίων προσκομισθέντων καὶ προσαχθέντων ἄλευρα μὲν καὶ μόσχουσ καὶ χῆνασ ἔλαβε, τραγήματα δὲ καὶ πέμματα καὶ μύρα διωθεῖτο, καὶ βιαζομένων λαβεῖν καὶ λιπαρούντων ἐκέλευσε τοῖσ εἵλωσι διδόναι κομίζοντασ. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 36 6:1)
  • "Θεόπομποσ μὲν ἔφη ὁ Χῖοσ ἐν ταῖσ Ἑλληνικαῖσ κἀν τῇ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ δὲ τῶν Φιλιππικῶν Ἀγησιλάῳ τῷ Λάκωνι εἰσ Αἴγυπτον ἀφικομένῳ πέμψαι τοὺσ Αἰγυπτίουσ χῆνασ καὶ μόσχουσ σιτευτούσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 325)
  • Θάσιοι δὲ τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν διαπορευομένῳ μετὰ τοῦ στρατεύματοσ ἄλφιτα καὶ χῆνασ καὶ τραγήματα καὶ μελίπηκτα καὶ ἄλλα παντοδαπὰ βρώματά τε καὶ πώματα πολυτελῆ ἔπεμψαν· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 241)
  • Θάσιοι δὲ τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν διαπορευομένῳ μετὰ τοῦ στρατεύματοσ ἄλφιτα καὶ χῆνασ καὶ τραγήματα καὶ μελίπηκτα καὶ ἄλλα παντοδαπὰ βρώματὰ τε καὶ πόματα πολυτελῆ ἔπεμψαν· (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 241)

Synonyms

  1. goose

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