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авгиеви обори

/[ɐvˈɡiɛvi oˈbɔri]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    Augean stables (a filthy place; when used literally, refers to the dirty stables of king Augeas, which only Hercules was able to clean)

Etymology

By surface analysis, авги́еви (avgíevi, “Augean”, plural of авги́ев (avgíev)) + обо́ри (obóri, “stables”, plural of обо́р (obór)). The cleaning of king Augeas's dirty stables was one of the 12 labors of Hercules; see Augean stables § Etymology for more.

Forms

  • авги́еви обо́риcanonical • plural
  • avgíevi obóriromanization
  • авги́еви обо́риindefinite • plural
  • авги́евите обо́риdefinite • plural

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