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ἀφετήριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφετήριος ἀφετήριη ἀφετήριον

Structure: ἀφετηρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)fi/hmi

Sense

for letting go or starting for a race, whose statues stood at the starting place

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἀφετήριος	ἀφετήρίᾱ	ἀφετήριον
	Genitive	ἀφετηρίου	ἀφετήρίᾱς	ἀφετηρίου
	Dative	ἀφετηρίῳ	ἀφετήρίᾱͅ	ἀφετηρίῳ
	Accusative	ἀφετήριον	ἀφετήρίᾱν	ἀφετήριον
	Vocative	ἀφετήριε	ἀφετήρίᾱ	ἀφετήριον
Dual	N/A/V	ἀφετηρίω	ἀφετήρίᾱ	ἀφετηρίω
Dual	G/D	ἀφετηρίοιν	ἀφετήρίαιν	ἀφετηρίοιν
Plural	Nominative	ἀφετήριοι	ἀφετή́ριαι	ἀφετήρια
	Genitive	ἀφετηρίων	ἀφετήριῶν	ἀφετηρίων
	Dative	ἀφετηρίοις	ἀφετήρίαις	ἀφετηρίοις
	Accusative	ἀφετηρίους	ἀφετήρίᾱς	ἀφετήρια
	Vocative	ἀφετήριοι	ἀφετή́ριαι	ἀφετήρια

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἀφετήριος ἀφετηρίου	ἀφετηριότερος ἀφετηριοτέρου	ἀφετηριότατος ἀφετηριοτάτου
Adverb	ἀφετηρίως	ἀφετηριότερον	ἀφετηριότατα

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

τοιαύτη μὲν οὖν τισ ἡ Θρασυμάχειοσ ἑρμηνεία, μέση τοῖν δυεῖν καὶ εὔκρατοσ καὶ εἰσ ἀμφοτέρουσ τοὺσ χαρακτῆρασ ἐπίκαιρον ἀφετήριον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 3 4:1)
Τληπόλεμόσ ὁ Μυρεὺσ Ἑρμᾶν ἀφετήριον ἑρ́μα [ἱροδρόμοισ θῆκεν παῖσ ὁ Πολυκρίτεω, δὶσ δέκ’ ἀπὸ σταδίων ἐναγώνιον ἀλλὰ πονεῖτε, μαλθακὸν ἐκ γονάτων ὄκνον ἀπωσάμενοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3191)
ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν μεταπυργίων τούσ τε ὀξυβελεῖσ καὶ καταπέλτασ καὶ λιθοβόλα καὶ πᾶν ἀφετήριον ὄργανον τιθέασιν, πάντα πρὸσ τὰσ βολὰσ ἕτοιμα. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 101:1)
Οὐεσπασιανὸσ δὲ ἐν κύκλῳ τὰσ ἀφετηρίουσ μηχανὰσ ἐπιστήσασ, τὰ πάντα δ’ ἦν ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα ὄργανα, βάλλειν ἐκέλευσεν τοὺσ ἐπὶ τοῦ τείχουσ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 207:1)
ἠρέμει δὲ οὐδὲ τῶν ἀφετηρίων ὀργάνων τὸ πλῆθοσ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 261:2)

ἀμφίκλυστος (washed on both sides by the waves)
γεώλοφος (crested with earth)
ἐξέδρα (arcade)
κεραίω (mix)
ἐπίμαχος (that may easily be attacked)
λιθοβόλος (struck with stones)
Λητῷος (of or born from Leto)
κλειστός (that can be shut or closed)
ὑπέρβασις (transgression)
κλῖμαξ (ladder)
περίκρημνος (steep all round)
ὑπερύψηλος (exceeding high)
πολιορκητικός (of or for besieging)
διείργω (to keep asunder)
πλινθίον (a small brick)
πρόσορμος (a landing-place)
ἄπεδος (even)
ψιλικός (of or for a light-armed soldier)
ἀνάβασις (ascent)
γέρρον (anything made of wicker-work)
Προποντίς (the fore-sea)
πλεθριαῖος (broad or long)
ἐγγώνιος (forming an angle)
Ὀρθωσία ()
ῥάχις (the lower part of the back)
κλεῖθρον (a bar)
πιναρός (dirty)
ἐπίχαλκος (covered with copper or brass)
μονόξυλος (made from a solid trunk)
ἀταρβής (unfearing)

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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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