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αἰχμάλωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰχμάλωτος αἰχμάλωτη αἰχμάλωτον

Structure: αἰχμαλωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. taken by the spear, captive to one's spear, taken prisoner, prisoner, booty
  2. such as awaits a captive

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative αἰχμάλωτος αἰχμάλώτη αἰχμάλωτον
Genitive αἰχμαλώτου αἰχμάλώτης αἰχμαλώτου
Dative αἰχμαλώτῳ αἰχμάλώτῃ αἰχμαλώτῳ
Accusative αἰχμάλωτον αἰχμάλώτην αἰχμάλωτον
Vocative αἰχμάλωτε αἰχμάλώτη αἰχμάλωτον
DualN/A/V αἰχμαλώτω αἰχμάλώτᾱ αἰχμαλώτω
G/D αἰχμαλώτοιν αἰχμάλώταιν αἰχμαλώτοιν
PluralNominative αἰχμάλωτοι αἰχμά́λωται αἰχμάλωτα
Genitive αἰχμαλώτων αἰχμάλωτῶν αἰχμαλώτων
Dative αἰχμαλώτοις αἰχμάλώταις αἰχμαλώτοις
Accusative αἰχμαλώτους αἰχμάλώτᾱς αἰχμάλωτα
Vocative αἰχμάλωτοι αἰχμά́λωται αἰχμάλωτα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective αἰχμάλωτος αἰχμαλώτου αἰχμαλωτότερος αἰχμαλωτοτέρου αἰχμαλωτότατος αἰχμαλωτοτάτου
Adverb αἰχμαλώτως αἰχμαλωτότερον αἰχμαλωτότατα

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

  • οὐαί σοι, Μωάβ. ἀπώλου, λαὸσ Χαμώσ. ἀπεδόθησαν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν διασῴζεσθαι καὶ αἱ θυγατέρεσ αὐτῶν αἰχμάλωτοι τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν Ἀμορραίων Σηών. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 21:29)
  • καὶ λήψονται αὐτοὺσ ἔθνη καὶ εἰσάξουσιν εἰσ τὸν τόπον αὐτῶν, καὶ κατακληρονομήσουσι καὶ πληθυνθήσονται ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσ δούλουσ καὶ δούλασ. καὶ ἔσονται αἰχμάλωτοι οἱ αἰχμαλωτεύσαντεσ αὐτούσ, καὶ κυριευθήσονται οἱ κυριεύσαντεσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 14:2)
  • καὶ πεινῶντι, ἐκλελυμένῳ, οὐκ ἰσχύοντι ἅμα, οἳ οὐ δυνήσονται σωθῆναι ἀπὸ πολέμου, αὐτοὶ δὲ αἰχμάλωτοι ἤχθησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 46:2)
  • Διὰ τὰσ ἁμαρτίασ, ἃσ ἡμαρτήκατε ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀχθήσεσθε εἰσ Βαβυλῶνα αἰχμάλωτοι ὑπὸ Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλέωσ τῶν Βαβυλωνίων (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:2)
  • καὶ ἐν Τάφναισ συσκοτάσει ἡ ἡμέρα ἐν τῷ συντρίψαι με ἐκεῖ τὰ σκῆπτρα Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἀπολεῖται ἐκεῖ ἡ ὕβρισ ἰσχύοσ αὐτῆσ, καὶ ταύτην νεφέλη καλύψει, καὶ αἱ θυγατέρεσ αὐτῆσ αἰχμάλωτοι ἀχθήσονται. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 30:18)

Synonyms

  1. taken by the spear

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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