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χρησμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χρησμός χρησμοῦ

Structure: χρησμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xra/w3

Sense

  1. the answer of an oracle, oracular response, oracle

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χρησμός χρησμώ χρησμοί
Genitive χρησμοῦ χρησμοῖν χρησμῶν
Dative χρησμῷ χρησμοῖν χρησμοῖς
Accusative χρησμόν χρησμώ χρησμούς
Vocative χρησμέ χρησμώ χρησμοί

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

  • ἀλλὰ καὶ λογοποιεῖ καὶ χρησμούσ τινασ διέξεισιν παλαιοὺσ δή, ὡσ χρεὼν εἰή ^ δαίμονα νυκτοφύλακα γενέσθαι αὐτόν, καὶ δῆλόσ ἐστι βωμῶν ἤδη ἐπιθυμῶν καὶ χρυσοῦσ ἀναστήσεσθαι ἐλπίζων. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:85)
  • εἰ δὲ ἀπαγορεύοι ὁ χρησμόσ ‐ εἶναι γὰρ χρησμοὺσ ἐν τῷ νεῷ ‐ , προσβάλλειν τῇ τιμῇ· (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 22 3:1)
  • παρεστάναι συνείροντα τοὺσ χρησμοὺσ ἢ οἴχεσθαὶ οἱ τὴν δόξαν τῆσ τέχνησ; (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 1:8)
  • κἀνταῦθα ὁ μὲν Κοκκωνᾶσ ἐν Χαλκηδόνι καταλείπεται, διττούσ τινασ καὶ ἀμφιβόλουσ καὶ λοξοὺσ χρησμοὺσ συγγράφων, καὶ μετ’ ὀλίγον ἐτελεύτησε τὸν βίον, ὑπὸ ἐχίδνησ, οἶμαι, δηχθείσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 10:4)
  • μὴ μικρὸν οἰηθῇσ, ὦ ἑταῖρε, μηδ’ ὀλίγον γεγενῆσθαι τὸν πόρον τοῦτον, ἀλλ’ εἰσ ἑπτὰ ἢ ὀκτὼ μυριάδασ ἑκάστου ἔτουσ ἤθροιζεν, ἀνὰ δέκα καὶ πεντεκαίδεκα χρησμοὺσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὑπὸ ἀπληστίασ ἀναδιδόντων . (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 23:2)

Synonyms

  1. the answer of an oracle

Related

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

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