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αἰνός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰνός αἰνή αἰνόν

Structure: αἰν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = deino/s,

Sense

dread, dire, grim, most dread
terribly, strangely, exceedingly

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	αἰνός	αἰνή	αἰνόν
	Genitive	αἰνοῦ	αἰνῆς	αἰνοῦ
	Dative	αἰνῷ	αἰνῇ	αἰνῷ
	Accusative	αἰνόν	αἰνήν	αἰνόν
	Vocative	αἰνέ	αἰνή	αἰνόν
Dual	N/A/V	αἰνώ	αἰνᾱ́	αἰνώ
Dual	G/D	αἰνοῖν	αἰναῖν	αἰνοῖν
Plural	Nominative	αἰνοί	αἰναί	αἰνά
	Genitive	αἰνῶν	αἰνῶν	αἰνῶν
	Dative	αἰνοῖς	αἰναῖς	αἰνοῖς
	Accusative	αἰνούς	αἰνᾱ́ς	αἰνά
	Vocative	αἰνοί	αἰναί	αἰνά

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	αἰνός αἰνοῦ	αἰνότερος αἰνοτεροῦ	αἰνότατος αἰνοτατοῦ
Adverb	αἰνώς	αἰνότερον	αἰνότατα

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

καὶ ἐρρύσατο τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐκ θανάτου, ἵνα ἡ ζωή μου ἐν φωτὶ αἰνῇ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 33:30)
πὰρ δ’ Ἀχλὺσ εἱστήκει ἐπισμυγερή τε καὶ αἰνή, χλωρὴ ἀυσταλέη λιμῷ καταπεπτηυῖα, γουνοπαχήσ, μακροὶ δ’ ὄνυχεσ χείρεσσιν ὑπῆσαν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:11)
καὶ τοὺσ μὲν πόλεμόσ τε κακὸσ καὶ φύλοπισ αἰνή, τοὺσ μὲν ὑφ’ ἑπταπύλῳ Θήβῃ, Καδμηίδι γαίῃ, ὤλεσε μαρναμένουσ μήλων ἕνεκ’ Οἰδιπόδαο, τοὺσ δὲ καὶ ἐν νήεσσιν ὑπὲρ μέγα λαῖτμα θαλάσσησ ἐσ Τροίην ἀγαγὼν Ἑλένησ ἕνεκ’ ἠυκόμοιο. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 20:2)
τῷ καὶ νῦν ἀτενεῖ τε νόῳ καὶ ἐπίφρονι βουλῇ ῥυσόμεθα κράτοσ ὑμὸν ἐν αἰνῇ δηϊοτῆτι μαρνάμενοι Τιτῆσιν ἀνὰ κρατερὰσ ὑσμίνασ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 64:4)
καὶ μὴν Μίκκυλον εἰσεῖδον φησὶν ὁ Κράτησ τῶν ἐρίων ξαίνοντα, γυναῖκά τε συγξαίνουσαν, τὸν λιμὸν φεύγοντασ ἐν αἰνῇ δηιοτῆτι. (Plutarch, De vitando aere alieno, chapter, section 7 4:2)
καὶ Νέαρχοσ ἐπιφρασθεὶσ ὅτι σπείρεσθαι τὴν χώρην οἰκόσ, λέγει πρὸσ Ἀρχίην ‐ συνέπλωε δὲ Νεάρχῳ, τῶν ἐν αἴνῃ ἐὼν Μακεδόνων ‐ πρὸσ τοῦτον λέγει ὅτι καταληπτέον σφίσιν εἰή τὸ χωρίον· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 27 8:1)

Synonyms

terribly
- ἔκπαγλος (terribly, vehemently, exceedingly)

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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Sense

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terribly

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