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Κρονικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κρονικός Κρονική Κρονικόν

Structure: Κρονικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. old-fashioned, out of date

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative Κρονικός Κρονική Κρονικόν
Genitive Κρονικοῦ Κρονικῆς Κρονικοῦ
Dative Κρονικῷ Κρονικῇ Κρονικῷ
Accusative Κρονικόν Κρονικήν Κρονικόν
Vocative Κρονικέ Κρονική Κρονικόν
DualN/A/V Κρονικώ Κρονικᾱ́ Κρονικώ
G/D Κρονικοῖν Κρονικαῖν Κρονικοῖν
PluralNominative Κρονικοί Κρονικαί Κρονικά
Genitive Κρονικῶν Κρονικῶν Κρονικῶν
Dative Κρονικοῖς Κρονικαῖς Κρονικοῖς
Accusative Κρονικούς Κρονικᾱ́ς Κρονικά
Vocative Κρονικοί Κρονικαί Κρονικά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective Κρονικός Κρονικοῦ Κρονικώτερος Κρονικωτεροῦ Κρονικώτατος Κρονικωτατοῦ
Adverb Κρονικώς Κρονικώτερον Κρονικώτατα

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

  • ὁ μὲν ταῦτα φήσει, ἀλαζὼν καὶ ἀρχαῖοσ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ καὶ Κρονικὸσ ἄνθρωποσ, νεκροὺσ εἰσ μίμησιν παλαιοὺσ προτιθεὶσ καὶ ἀνορύττειν ἀξιῶν λόγουσ πάλαι κατορωρυγμένουσ ὥσ τι μέγιστον ἀγαθόν, μαχαιροποιοῦ υἱὸν καὶ ἄλλον Ἀτρομήτου τινὸσ γραμματιστοῦ ζηλοῦν ἀξιῶν, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν εἰρήνῃ μήτε Φιλίππου ἐπιόντοσ μήτε Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐπιτάττοντοσ, ὅπου τὰ ἐκείνων ἴσωσ ἐδόκει χρήσιμα, οὐκ εἰδὼσ ὁποία νῦν κεκαινοτόμηται ταχεῖα καὶ ἀπράγμων καὶ εἰσ τὸ εὐθὺ τῆσ ῥητορικῆσ ὁδόσ. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 10:1)
  • οὔτε γὰρ αὐτὸσ ἑκοντὶ ποιεῖσ, οὔτ’ ἄλλον ἀφίησ, ὡσ ἀστὴρ Κρονικὸσ πᾶσιν ἀπεχθόμενοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2272)

Synonyms

  1. old-fashioned

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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