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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

  • οὐκ ἐκ Κορωνίδοσ μὰ Δί’ οὐδέ γε κορώνησ, ἀλλ’ ἐκ χηνὸσ γεγεννημένον. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 14:6)
  • Σιμωνίδησ ἐν δευτέρῳ ἰάμβων οἱο͂́ν τε χηνὸσ ὠεόν Μαιανδρίου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 5010)
  • εἶτα χόνδρον αὐτῷ δεύσετε γάλακτι χηνόσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 78 1:6)
  • καὶ Ἀρχέστρατοσ ἐν τῷ πολυθρυλήτῳ ποιήματι καὶ σιτευτὸν χηνὸσ ὁμοῦ σκεύαζε νεοττόν, ὀπτὸν ἁπλῶσ καὶ τόνδε, σὺ δὲ ἡμῖν, ὦ Οὐλπιανέ, δίκαιοσ εἶ λέγειν, ὁ περὶ πάντων πάντασ ἀπαιτῶν, ποῦ μνήμησ ἠξίωται παρὰ τοῖσ ἀρχαίοισ τὰ πολυτελῆ ταῦτα τῶν χηνῶν ἥπατα, ὅτι γὰρ χηνοβοσκοὺσ οἴδασι μάρτυσ Κρατῖνοσ ἐν Διονυσαλεξάνδρῳ λέγων ’ χηνοβοσκοί, βουκόλοι Ὅμηροσ δὲ καὶ θηλυκῶσ καὶ ἀρσενικῶσ εἴρηκεν· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 327)
  • "εἰ μὴ σὺ χηνὸσ ἧπαρ ἢ ψυχὴν ἔχεισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 3212)

Synonyms

  1. goose

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