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χοῖρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χοῖρος χοίρου

Structure: χοιρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a pig, especially a young one.
  2. generally, = ὗς ‎(hûs), σῦς ‎(sûs), swine
  3. pudenda muliebria, woman parts (cf. the same Latin use of porcus)
  4. a fish of the Nile

Declension

Second 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

  • τοῦτο γάρ τοι καὶ τὸ παρὸν ἔγκλημά ἐστιν, ὅτι οὕτωσ ἑταιρικῶσ ἐσκευασμένη τῷ ἐπαγωγῷ τῆσ ὄψεωσ ἐραστὴν ἐμὸν ἄνδρα τότε σώφρονα τὸν Διονύσιον φενακίσασα πρὸσ ἑαυτὴν περιέσπασεν, καὶ ἥν γε οἱ πρὸ ὑμῶν δίκην ἐδίκασαν τῇ Ἀκαδημείᾳ καὶ τῇ Μέθῃ, ἀδελφὴ τῆσ παρούσησ δίκησ ἐστίν ἐξετάζεται γὰρ ἐν τῷ παρόντι πότερα χοίρων δίκην κάτω νενευκότασ ἡδομένουσ χρὴ βίοῦν μηδὲν μεγαλόφρον ἐπινοοῦντασ ἢ ἐν δευτέρῳ τοῦ καλῶσ ἔχοντοσ ἡγησαμένουσ τὸ τερπνὸν ἐλευθέρουσ ἐλευθέρωσ φιλοσοφεῖν, μήτε τὸ ἀλγεινὸν ὡσ ἄμαχον δεδιότασ μήτε τὸ ἡδὺ ἀνδραποδωδῶσ προαιρουμένουσ καὶ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν ζητοῦντασ ἐν τῷ μέλιτι καὶ ταῖσ ἰσχάσιν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 20:3)
  • καὶ γίνεταί γα τᾶνδε τᾶν χοίρων τὸ κρῆσ ἅδιστον ἂν τὸν ὀδελὸν ἐμπεπαρμένον. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode, lyric 1:65)
  • τινὲσ καλοῦσι, καὶ χοίρων καὶ τῶν περισπουδάστων φασιανικῶν ὀρνίθων, περὶ λαχάνων οὖν πρότερον ἐκθέμενόσ σοι καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων μετὰ ταῦτα διηγήσομαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 7 2:1)
  • γαλαθηνῶν δὲ χοίρων ποτὲ περιενεχθέντων καὶ περὶ τούτων ἐζήτησαν οἱ δαιταλεῖσ εἰ τὸ ὄνομα εἴρηται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 541)
  • "νῦν μὲν γὰρ ἡμῖν παιδικῶν ἅλισ, ἅλισ ὅπωσ περ ἀρνῶν ἐστι γαλαθηνῶν τε καὶ χοίρων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 54 1:13)

Synonyms

  1. a pig

  2. generally

  3. a fish of the Nile

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