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Ἀφροδίσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἀφροδίσιος

Structure: Ἀφροδισι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: From A)frodi/th

Sense

  1. belonging to Aphrodite
  2. sexual pleasures
  3. a festival of Aphrodite
  4. the temple of Aphrodite

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative Ἀφροδίσιος Ἀφροδίσια Ἀφροδίσιον
Genitive Ἀφροδισίου Ἀφροδισίᾱς Ἀφροδισίου
Dative Ἀφροδισίῳ Ἀφροδισίᾱͅ Ἀφροδισίῳ
Accusative Ἀφροδίσιον Ἀφροδίσιαν Ἀφροδίσιον
Vocative Ἀφροδίσιε Ἀφροδίσια Ἀφροδίσιον
DualN/A/V Ἀφροδισίω Ἀφροδισίᾱ Ἀφροδισίω
G/D Ἀφροδισίοιν Ἀφροδισίαιν Ἀφροδισίοιν
PluralNominative Ἀφροδίσιοι Ἀφροδίσιαι Ἀφροδίσια
Genitive Ἀφροδισίων Ἀφροδισιῶν Ἀφροδισίων
Dative Ἀφροδισίοις Ἀφροδισίαις Ἀφροδισίοις
Accusative Ἀφροδισίους Ἀφροδισίᾱς Ἀφροδίσια
Vocative Ἀφροδίσιοι Ἀφροδίσιαι Ἀφροδίσια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective Ἀφροδίσιος Ἀφροδισίου Ἀφροδισιώτερος Ἀφροδισιωτέρου Ἀφροδισιώτατος Ἀφροδισιωτάτου
Adverb Ἀφροδισίως Ἀφροδισιώτερον Ἀφροδισιώτατα

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

  • Ἑρμαίοισ ἡμῖν Ἀφροδίσιοσ ἓξ χόασ οἴνου αἴρων, προσκόψασ πένθοσ ἔθηκε μέγα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 11)

Synonyms

  1. belonging to Aphrodite

  2. sexual pleasures

  3. a festival of Aphrodite

  4. the temple of Aphrodite

Related

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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