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Κῷος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κῷος Κῷη Κῷον

Structure: Κῳ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Kw=s

Sense

  1. of, from the island Cos, Coan
  2. the highest throw with the

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative Κῷος Κῴη Κῷον
Genitive Κῴου Κῴης Κῴου
Dative Κῴῳ Κῴῃ Κῴῳ
Accusative Κῷον Κῴην Κῷον
Vocative Κῷε Κῴη Κῷον
DualN/A/V Κῴω Κῴᾱ Κῴω
G/D Κῴοιν Κῴαιν Κῴοιν
PluralNominative Κῷοι Κῷαι Κῷα
Genitive Κῴων Κῳῶν Κῴων
Dative Κῴοις Κῴαις Κῴοις
Accusative Κῴους Κῴᾱς Κῷα
Vocative Κῷοι Κῷαι Κῷα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective Κῷος Κῴου Κῳότερος Κῳοτέρου Κῳότατος Κῳοτάτου
Adverb Κῴως Κῳότερον Κῳότατα

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

  • παρέλιπον δ’ ἑκὼν ἐγὼ τὴν Ἀντιγόνου ἱερὰν τριήρη, ᾗ ἐνίκησε τοὺσ Πτολεμαίου στρατηγοὺσ περὶ Λεύκολλαν τῆσ Κῴασ, ὅπου δὴ καὶ τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι αὐτὴν ἀνέθηκεν ἥτισ οὐδὲ τὸ τρίτον, τάχα δὲ οὐδὲ τὸ τέταρτον εἶχε τῆσ Συρακοσίασ ἢ Ἀλεξανδρίδοσ ταύτησ νεώσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 44 4:2)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐ Δημήτηρ ὡρηφόροσ, ἀγλαόδωροσ, ἤθελεν ἑδριάασθαι ἐπὶ κλισμοῖο φαεινοῦ, ἀλλ’ ἀκέουσ’ ἀνέμιμνε κατ’ ὄμματα καλὰ βαλοῦσα, πρίν γ’ ὅτε δή οἱ ἔθηκεν Ιἄμβη κέδν’ εἰδυῖα πηκτὸν ἕδοσ, καθύπερθε δ’ ἐπ’ ἀργύφεον βάλε κῶασ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 21:6)
  • ὅστισ ἄρχει ναόσ, ἐμοὶ τελέσαισ ἄφθιτον στρωμνὰν ἀγέσθω, κῶασ αἰγλᾶεν χρυσέῳ θυσάνῳ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 71:1)
  • Ἀρχόμενοσ σέο, Φοῖβε, παλαιγενέων κλέα φωτῶν μνήσομαι, οἳ Πόντοιο κατὰ στόμα καὶ διὰ πέτρασ Κυανέασ βασιλῆοσ ἐφημοσύνῃ Πελίαο χρύσειον μετὰ κῶασ ἐύζυγον ἤλασαν Ἀργώ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 1:1)
  • "Ὑμῖν μὲν δὴ μοῖρα θεῶν χρειώ τε περῆσαι ἐνθάδε κῶασ ἄγοντασ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 8:26)

Synonyms

  1. the highest throw with the

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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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