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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

αἰνῶν ἐπικαλέσομαι τὸν Κύριον καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐχθρῶν μου σωθήσομαι. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 17:4)
σὺ γὰρ τά τ’ εἰσ Αἴγισθον ἐξηῦρεσ κακὰ καὶ πλησίον παρῆσθα κινδύνων ἐμοί, νῦν τ’ αὖ δίδωσ μοι πολεμίων τιμωρίαν κοὐκ ἐκποδὼν εἶ ‐ παύσομαί σ’ αἰνῶν, ἐπεὶ βάροσ τι κἀν τῷδ’ ἐστίν, αἰνεῖσθαι λίαν. (Euripides, episode, anapests 5:4)
τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐκ γῆσ δυσφρόνων μηνίματα βροτοῖσ πιφαύσκων εἶπε, τὰσ δ’ αἰνῶν νόσουσ, σαρκῶν ἐπαμβατῆρασ ἀγρίαισ γνάθοισ λειχῆνασ ἐξέσθοντασ ἀρχαίαν φύσιν· (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 12:6)
καὶ ἐξαλλόμενοσ ἔστη καὶ περιεπάτει, καὶ εἰσῆλθεν σὺν αὐτοῖσ εἰσ τὸ ἱερὸν περιπατῶν καὶ ἁλλόμενοσ καὶ αἰνῶν τὸν θεόν. (, chapter 1 87:1)
καὶ Βαδδαργεὶσ καὶ Θαραβαὰμ καὶ Αἰνὼν (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 15:61)
ἦν δὲ καὶ [ὁ] Ιωἄνησ βαπτίζων ἐν Αἰνὼν ἐγγὺσ τοῦ Σαλείμ, ὅτι ὕδατα πολλὰ ἦν ἐκεῖ, καὶ παρεγίνοντο καὶ ἐβαπτίζοντο· (, chapter 1 110:1)

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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