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ἀηδόνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀηδόνιος

Structure: ἀηδονι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of a nightingale, the nightingale's

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀηδόνιος ἀηδόνια ἀηδόνιον
Genitive ἀηδονίου ἀηδονίᾱς ἀηδονίου
Dative ἀηδονίῳ ἀηδονίᾱͅ ἀηδονίῳ
Accusative ἀηδόνιον ἀηδόνιαν ἀηδόνιον
Vocative ἀηδόνιε ἀηδόνια ἀηδόνιον
DualN/A/V ἀηδονίω ἀηδονίᾱ ἀηδονίω
G/D ἀηδονίοιν ἀηδονίαιν ἀηδονίοιν
PluralNominative ἀηδόνιοι ἀηδόνιαι ἀηδόνια
Genitive ἀηδονίων ἀηδονιῶν ἀηδονίων
Dative ἀηδονίοις ἀηδονίαις ἀηδονίοις
Accusative ἀηδονίους ἀηδονίᾱς ἀηδόνια
Vocative ἀηδόνιοι ἀηδόνιαι ἀηδόνια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀηδόνιος ἀηδονίου ἀηδονιότερος ἀηδονιοτέρου ἀηδονιότατος ἀηδονιοτάτου
Adverb ἀηδονίως ἀηδονιότερον ἀηδονιότατα

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

  • παρ’ ἀηδόνιον πέτραν Φοίβῳ ‐ τί Φοῖβον αὐδᾷσ; (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 1:14)
  • κελαδεῖ δ’ ἐπίκλαυτον ἀηδόνιον νόμον, ὡσ ἀπολεῖται, κἂν ἴσαι γένωνται. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Parabasis, strophe4)
  • ὥστε τούσ γε φιλόπαιδασ καὶ σφόδρα οἶμαι μακαρίζειν αὑτοὺσ τοῖσ φιλοδόξοισ παραβάλλοντασ, ὅταν αὐτοὶ μὲν ὄρτυγασ ζητῶσιν ἢ ἀλεκτρυόνα ἢ ἀηδόνιον, τοῖσ δὲ ὁρῶσιν ἀνάγκην οὖσαν Ἀμοιβέα ἢ Πῶλον ζητεῖν ἢ τῶν Ὀλυμπίασι νενικηκότων τινὰ πέντε μισθοῦσθαι ταλάντων. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 18:1)

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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