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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

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

  • ὃσ ἦν αἰχμάλωτοσ ἐξ Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἣν ᾐχμαλώτευσε Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺσ Βαβυλῶνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 2:6)
  • διότι τάδε λέγει Ἀμώσ. ἐν ρομφαίᾳ τελευτήσει Ἱεροβοάμ, ὁ δὲ Ἰσραὴλ αἰχμάλωτοσ ἀχθήσεται ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 7:11)
  • διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ἡ γυνή σου ἐν τῇ πόλει πορνεύσει, καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου καὶ αἱ θυγατέρεσ σου ἐν ρομφαίᾳ πεσοῦνται, καὶ ἡ γῆ σου ἐν σχοινίῳ καταμετρηθήσεται, καὶ σὺ ἐν γῇ ἀκαθάρτῳ τελευτήσεισ, ὁ δὲ Ἰσραὴλ αἰχμάλωτοσ ἀχθήσεται ἀπὸ γῆσ γῆσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 7:17)
  • καὶ αὐτὴ εἰσ μετοικεσίαν πορεύσεται αἰχμάλωτοσ, καὶ τὰ νήπια αὐτῆσ ἐδαφιοῦσιν ἐπ̓ ἀρχὰσ πασῶν τῶν ὁδῶν αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔνδοξα αὐτῆσ βαλοῦσι κλήρουσ, καὶ πάντεσ οἱ μεγιστᾶνεσ αὐτῆσ δεθήσονται χειροπέδαισ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Nahum 3:10)
  • τοίνυν αἰχμάλωτοσ ὁ λαόσ μου ἐγενήθη διὰ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι αὐτοὺσ τὸν Κύριον, καὶ πλῆθοσ ἐγενήθη νεκρῶν διὰ λιμὸν καὶ δίψοσ ὕδατοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 5:12)

Synonyms

  1. taken by the spear

Related

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

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