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ἀδηφάγος?

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: adēphagos

Principal Part: ἀδηφάγος ἀδηφάγος ἀδηφάγον

Structure: ἀδηφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ἄδην, φαγεῖν

Sense

  1. gluttonous, greedy
  2. costly, expensive

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀδηφάγος ἀδηφάγον
Genitive ἀδηφάγου ἀδηφάγου
Dative ἀδηφάγῳ ἀδηφάγῳ
Accusative ἀδηφάγον ἀδηφάγον
Vocative ἀδηφάγε ἀδηφάγον
DualN/A/V ἀδηφάγω ἀδηφάγω
G/D ἀδηφάγοιν ἀδηφάγοιν
PluralNominative ἀδηφάγοι ἀδηφάγα
Genitive ἀδηφάγων ἀδηφάγων
Dative ἀδηφάγοις ἀδηφάγοις
Accusative ἀδηφάγους ἀδηφάγα
Vocative ἀδηφάγοι ἀδηφάγα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀδηφάγος ἀδηφάγου ἀδηφαγότερος ἀδηφαγοτέρου ἀδηφαγότατος ἀδηφαγοτάτου
Adverb ἀδηφάγως ἀδηφαγότερον ἀδηφαγότατα

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

  • "τῷ φιλοσόφῳ παρέθηκα κωλῆν ἢ πόδας ἀδηφάγον τὸ ζῷον εἰς ὑπερβολὴν ἐστιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 68 1:21)
  • φέρε εἴπωμεν ἐνταῦθα τοῖς προειρημένοις τὰ ἀκόλουθα ὅτι ἦν καὶ ὁ Ἡρακλῆς ἀδηφάγος, ἀποφαίνονται δὲ τοῦτο σχεδὸν πάντες ποιηταὶ καὶ συγγραφεῖς. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 102)
  • καὶ οὐδὲν παράδοξον τούτους τοὺς ἄνδρας ἀδηφάγους γενέσθαι: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 51)
  • Λιτυέρσας δὲ ἦν μὲν υἱὸς Μίδου νόθος, Κελαινῶν δὲ τῶν ἐν Φρυγίᾳ βασιλεύς, ἄγριος ἰδέσθαι καὶ ἀνήμερος ἄνθρωπος, ἀδηφάγος δ ἰσχυρῶς, λέγει δὲ περὶ αὐτοῦ Σωσίθεος ὁ τραγῳδιοποιὸς ἐν δράματι Δάφνιδι ἢ Λιτυέρσᾳ οὕτως ἔσθει μὲν ἄρτους τρεῖς, ὄνους, κανθηλίους τρεῖς τῆς βραχείας ἡμέρας πίνει δ, ἕνα καλῶν μετρητήν, τὸν δεκάμφορον, πίθον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 81)
  • καὶ Ἀλκμὰν δ ὁ ποιητὴς ἑαυτὸν ἀδηφάγον εἶναι παραδίδωσιν ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ διὰ τούτων καὶ ποκά τοι δώσω τρίποδος κύτος, ᾧ κ ἔνι σιτί ἀολλέ ἀγείρῃς. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 101)

Synonyms

  1. gluttonous

  2. costly

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