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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

Τρῶασ δὲ τρόμοσ αἰνὸσ ἐπήλυθε γυῖα ἕκαστον, Ἕκτορί τ’ αὐτῷ θυμὸσ ἐνὶ στήθεσσι πάτασσε , τίσ οὐκ ἂν ἀγάσαιτο τὴν διαφοράν; (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 10 24:1)
ἐπεὶ χόλοσ αἰνὸσ ὄπαζεν Κύπιδοσ, οὕνεκά μιν γεράων ἐπὶ δηρὸν ἄτισσαν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 11:18)
ὣσ ἐπ’ ἐμοὶ λῖσ αἰνὸσ ἀπόπροθεν ἀθρόοσ ἆλτο μαιμώων χροὸσ ἆσαι· (Theocritus, Idylls, 107)
ὡσ δ’ ὄρνισ ὀδύρηται ἐπὶ σφετέροισι νεοσσοῖσ ὀλλυμένοισ, οὕστ’ αἰνὸσ ὄφισ ἔτι νηπιάχοντασ θάμνοισ ἐν πυκινοῖσι κατεσθίει· (Theocritus, Idylls, 12)
πρὸσ δ’ ἔτι μ’ ἐπτοίησε διὰ γλυκὺν αἰνὸσ ὄνειροσ ὕπνον· (Theocritus, Idylls, 52)
Αἶνοσ ᾠδῆσ τῷ Δαυί̈δ. ‐ ̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν Ο ΚΑΤΟΙΚΩΝ ἐν βοηθείᾳ τοῦ Ὑψίστου, ἐν σκέπῃ τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ αὐλισθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 90:1)
Εἰσ τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ προσαββάτου, ὅτε κατῴκισται ἡ γῆ. αἶνοσ ᾠδῆσ τῷ Δαυί̈δ. ‐ ̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀νΟ Κύριοσ ἐβασίλευσεν, εὐπρέπειαν ἐνεδύσατο, ἐνεδύσατο Κύριοσ δύναμιν καὶ περιεζώσατο. καὶ γὰρ ἐστερέωσε τὴν οἰκουμένην, ἥτισ οὐ σαλευθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 92:1)
Αἶνοσ ᾠδῆσ τῷ Δαυί̈δ. ‐ ΔΕΥΤΕ ἀγαλλιασώμεθα τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἀλαλάξωμεν τῷ Θεῷ τῷ Σωτῆρι ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 94:1)
Οὐχ ὡραῖοσ αἶνοσ ἐν στόματι ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ὅτι οὐ παρὰ Κυρίου ἀπεστάλη. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 15:9)
ἐν γὰρ σοφίᾳ ρηθήσεται αἶνοσ, καὶ ὁ Κύριοσ εὐοδώσει αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 15:10)

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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