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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

τρέε δ’ Αἴδησ, ἐνέροισι καταφθιμένοισιν ἀνάσσων, Τιτῆνέσ θ’ ὑποταρτάριοι, Κρόνον ἀμφὶσ ἐόντεσ, ἀσβέστου κελάδοιο καὶ αἰνῆσ δηιοτῆτοσ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 78:14)
Αἵδη κυανοχαῖτα, καταφθιμένοισιν ἀνάσσων, Ζεύσ με πατὴρ ἤνωγεν ἀγαυὴν Περσεφόνειαν ἐξαγαγεῖν Ἐρέβευσφι μετὰ σφέασ, ὄφρα ἑ μήτηρ ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδοῦσα χόλου καὶ μήνιοσ αἰνῆσ ἀθανάτοισ λήξειεν· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 37:1)
εὖτέ μοι Ἑρμῆσ ἦλθ’ ἐριούνιοσ ἄγγελοσ ὠκὺσ πὰρ πατέροσ Κρονιδαο καὶ ἄλλων Οὐρανιώνων, ἐλθεῖν ἐξ Ἐρέβευσ, ἵνα ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἰδοῦσα λήξαισ ἀθανάτοισι χόλου καὶ μήνιοσ αἰνῆσ, αὐτίκ’ ἐγὼν ἀνόρουσ’ ὑπὸ χάρματοσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 42:3)
"αἴθ’ οὕτωσ, Εὔμαιε, φίλοσ Διὶ πατρὶ γένοιο ὡσ ἐμοί, ὅττι μ’ ἔπαυσασ ἄλησ καὶ ὀϊζύοσ αἰνῆσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 45:2)
νήπιοσ, οὐδὲ τὸ οἶδε κατὰ φρένα Τυδέοσ υἱὸσ ὅττι μάλ’ οὐ δηναιὸσ ὃσ ἀθανάτοισι μάχηται, οὐδέ τί μιν παῖδεσ ποτὶ γούνασι παππάζουσιν ἐλθόντ’ ἐκ πολέμοιο καὶ αἰνῆσ δηϊοτῆτοσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 43:17)

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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