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χήν

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χήν χηνός

Structure: χην (Stem)

Sense

goose

Declension

Third declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	χήν	χῆνε	χῆνες
Genitive	χηνός	χηνοῖν	χηνῶν
Dative	χηνί	χηνοῖν	χησίν*
Accusative	χῆνα	χῆνε	χῆνας
Vocative	χήν	χῆνε	χῆνες

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)
ὅπου τοῖσ μὲν ἀριθμόσ τισ ὁ θεὸσ ἦν, οἱ δὲ κατὰ χηνῶν καὶ κυνῶν καὶ πλατάνων ἐπώμνυντο. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 9:2)
εἶτα διαδήσασ καὶ κατὰ τοὺσ ὤμουσ τελαμῶσι καρτεροῖσ ἁρμοσάμενοσ καὶ πρὸσ ἄκροισ τοῖσ ὠκυπτέροισ λαβάσ τινασ ταῖσ χερσὶ παρασκευάσασ ἐπειρώμην ἐμαυτοῦ τὸ πρῶτον ἀναπηδῶν καὶ ταῖσ χερσὶ ὑπηρετῶν καὶ ὥσπερ οἱ χῆνεσ ἔτι χαμαιπετῶσ ἐπαιρόμενοσ καὶ ἀκροβατῶν ἅμα μετὰ τῆσ πτήσεωσ· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 10:9)
καὶ αὖ ἐν ἄλλοισ ἔπεσι τῶν δ̓ ὥστ̓ ὀρνίθων πετεηνῶν φησίν ἔθνεα πολλά, χηνῶν ἢ γεράνων ἢ κύκνων δουλιχοδείρων. (Arrian, chapter 31 9:1)
κἀκ Βοιωτῶν γε φέροντασ ἰδεῖν χῆνασ νήττασ φάττασ τροχίλουσ· (Aristophanes, Peace, Lyric-Scene, anapests10)
Λάμπων δ’ ὄμνυσ’ ἔτι καὶ νυνὶ τὸν χῆν’, ὅταν ἐξαπατᾷ τι. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, epirrheme 1:19)
πολλοὺσ δὲ καλοὺσ ἀπομωμοκότασ παῖδασ πρὸσ τέρμασιν ὡρ́ασ διὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν τὴν ἡμετέραν διεμήρισαν ἄνδρεσ ἐρασταί, ὁ μὲν ὄρτυγα δοὺσ ὁ δὲ πορφυρίων’ ὁ δὲ χῆν’ ὁ δὲ Περσικὸν ὄρνιν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, parabasis11)
ᾖδον δ’ ὑπὸ φιλορνιθίασ πάντεσ μέλη, ὅπου χελιδὼν ἦν τισ ἐμπεποιημένη ἢ πηνέλοψ ἢ χήν τισ ἢ περιστερὰ ἢ πτέρυγεσ, ἢ πτεροῦ τι καὶ σμικρὸν προσῆν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 117)
πομπεύει δὲ μέχρι νῦν ἐπὶ μνήμῃ τῶν τότε συμπτωμάτων κύων μὲν ἀνεσταυρωμένοσ, χὴν δὲ μάλα σεμνῶσ ἐπὶ στρωμνῆσ πολυτελοῦσ καὶ φορείου καθήμενοσ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 12 6:1)
χήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 321)

Synonyms

goose
- χάν (a goose.)

σιτευτός (fed up)
ἀκέστρια (a sempstress)
χριμα (unguent)
παροψίς (a dainty side-dish)
φάττα (wood pigeon)
ἁλιεύς (one who has to do with the sea)
ἀμύλος (Not ground at the mill)
ἄμυλον (starch)
ἑλίχρυσος (a creeping plant with yellow flower or fruit)
θηριακός (of wild or venomous beasts)
λοπάδιον (a platter)
Σαβάζιος (Bacchus)
Θήβησιν (at Thebes)
βουκόλιον (a herd of cattle)
λάρναξ (a coffer)
κεκρύφαλος (a woman's head-dress of net)
κάπτω (to gulp down)
μεσόμφαλος (in mid-navel)
αἴξ (goat)
βλαισός (having the knees bent inwards)
σεμίδαλις (the finest wheaten flour)
λάβραξ (the bass)
Συρίζω (to speak like a Syrian)
βομβυλιός (an insect that hums or buzzes)
ἀλώπηξ (fox)
ἐλλός (a young deer)
δίστιχος (of two verses)
Αἰγυπτιστί (in the Egyptian tongue)
ἀμάρακον ()
μελίλωτον (melilot)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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