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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

  • φημὶ δ’ οὖν χρῆναι ποιεῖσθαι τὴν εἰρήνην μὴ μόνον πρὸσ Χίουσ τε καὶ Ῥοδίουσ καὶ Βυζαντίουσ καὶ Κῴουσ ἀλλὰ πάντασ ἀνθρώπουσ, καὶ χρῆσθαι ταῖσ συνθήκαισ μὴ ταύταισ, αἷσ νῦν τινεσ γεγράφασιν, ἀλλὰ ταῖσ γενομέναισ μὲν πρὸσ βασιλέα καὶ Λακεδαιμονίουσ, προσταττούσαισ δὲ τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ αὐτονόμουσ εἶναι καὶ τὰσ φρουρὰσ ἐκ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων πόλεων ἐξεἷναι καὶ τὴν αὑτῶν ἔχειν ἑκάστουσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 16 6:5)
  • νεανίασ τισ ἐσφαίριζεν εἷσ ἐτῶν ἴσωσ ἑκκαίδεκ’ ἢ ἑπτακαίδεκα, Κῷοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 26 2:3)
  • ἱκανῶσ δὲ καὶ ὁ Κῷοσ τεθαλάττωται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 59 1:6)
  • Κῴῳ δὲ καὶ Μυνδίῳ καὶ Ἁλικαρνασσίῳ καὶ παντὶ τῷ ἱκανῶσ τεθαλαττωμένῳ συνᾴδει τὰ σκληρὰ τῶν ὑδάτων οἱο͂ν κρηναῖα καὶ ὄμβρια, ἐὰν ᾖ διυλισμένα καὶ πλείονα χρόνον καθεσταμένα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 59 5:3)
  • Ἑλλήνων δὲ Μήδιοσ μὲν ὁ Ὀξυθέμιδοσ Λαρισαῖοσ, Εὐμένησ δὲ ὁ Ιἑρωνύμου ἐκ Καρδίησ, Κριτόβουλοσ δὲ δ Πλάτωνοσ Κῷοσ καὶ Θόασ ὁ Μηνοδώρου καὶ Μαίανδροσ ὁ Μανδρογένεοσ Μάγνητεσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 18 7:1)
  • ὃ ἀποδεχόμενοσ καὶ Πραξαγόρασ ὁ Κῷοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 13 1:6)
  • καὶ Φιλίτασ ὁ Κῷοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 83 3:1)

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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