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αἴθαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἴθαλος αἴθαλη αἴθαλον

Structure: αἰθαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)/qw

Sense

  1. soot

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative αί̓θαλος αἴθάλη αί̓θαλον
Genitive αἰθάλου αἴθάλης αἰθάλου
Dative αἰθάλῳ αἴθάλῃ αἰθάλῳ
Accusative αί̓θαλον αἴθάλην αί̓θαλον
Vocative αί̓θαλε αἴθάλη αί̓θαλον
DualN/A/V αἰθάλω αἴθάλᾱ αἰθάλω
G/D αἰθάλοιν αἴθάλαιν αἰθάλοιν
PluralNominative αί̓θαλοι αί̓́θαλαι αί̓θαλα
Genitive αἰθάλων αἴθαλῶν αἰθάλων
Dative αἰθάλοις αἴθάλαις αἰθάλοις
Accusative αἰθάλους αἴθάλᾱς αί̓θαλα
Vocative αί̓θαλοι αί̓́θαλαι αί̓θαλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective αί̓θαλος αἰθάλου αἰθαλότερος αἰθαλοτέρου αἰθαλότατος αἰθαλοτάτου
Adverb αἰθάλως αἰθαλότερον αἰθαλότατα

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

  • ἀπὸ δὲ στεφάναν κέκαρ‐ σαι πύργων, κατὰ δ’ αἰθάλου κηλῖδ’ οἰκτροτάταν κέχρω‐ σαι· (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, strophe 13)
  • αὕτη δὲ τῆσ παραλίασ ἀπέχουσα σταδίουσ ὡσ ἑκατὸν τὴν μὲν προσηγορίαν εἴληφεν ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθουσ τοῦ κατ’ αὐτὴν αἰθάλου. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 13 1:2)

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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