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ἀερονηχής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀερονηχής ἀερονηχές

Structure: ἀερονηχη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: nh/xomai

Sense

  1. floating in air

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀερονηχής ἀερόνηχες
Genitive ἀερονηχούς ἀερονήχους
Dative ἀερονηχεί ἀερονήχει
Accusative ἀερονηχή ἀερόνηχες
Vocative ἀερονηχές ἀερόνηχες
DualN/A/V ἀερονηχεί ἀερονήχει
G/D ἀερονηχοίν ἀερονήχοιν
PluralNominative ἀερονηχείς ἀερονήχη
Genitive ἀερονηχών ἀερονήχων
Dative ἀερονηχέσιν* ἀερονήχεσιν*
Accusative ἀερονηχείς ἀερονήχη
Vocative ἀερονηχείς ἀερονήχη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀερονηχής ἀερονηχούς ἀερονηχέστερος ἀερονηχεστέρου ἀερονηχέστατος ἀερονηχεστάτου
Adverb ἀερονηχέως ἀερονηχέστερον ἀερονηχέστατα

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

  • ταῦτ’ ἄρ’ ἐποίουν ὑγρᾶν Νεφελᾶν στρεπταιγλᾶν δάιον ὁρμάν, πλοκάμουσ θ’ ἑκατογκεφάλα Τυφῶ πρημαινούσασ τε θυέλλασ, εἶτ’ ἀερίασ διεράσ, γαμψοὺσ οἰωνοὺσ ἀερονηχεῖσ, ὄμβρουσ θ’ ὑδάτων δροσερᾶν Νεφελᾶν· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, anapests22)

Synonyms

  1. floating in air

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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