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χοιρίνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χοιρίνη

Structure: χοιριν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a small sea-muscle

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χοιρίνη χοιρίνᾱ χοιρίναι
Genitive χοιρίνης χοιρίναιν χοιρινῶν
Dative χοιρίνῃ χοιρίναιν χοιρίναις
Accusative χοιρίνην χοιρίνᾱ χοιρίνᾱς
Vocative χοιρίνη χοιρίνᾱ χοιρίναι

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

  • ἢ δῆτα λίθον με ποίησον ἐφ’ οὗ τὰσ χοιρίνασ ἀριθμοῦσι. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parodos, monody8)
  • στιχὰσ παρεγίνετο τούτοισ σταιτινοκογχομαγὴσ χὡ ψαιστελαιοξανθεπιπαγκαπύρωτοσ χοιρίνασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 50 3:5)

Synonyms

  1. a small sea-muscle

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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