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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

  • ἐξομολογοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἀγαθῶσ καὶ εὐλόγει τὸν βασιλέα τῶν αἰώνων, ἵνα πάλιν ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ οἰκοδομηθῇ ἐν σοὶ μετὰ χαρᾶσ, καὶ εὐφράναι ἐν σοὶ τοὺσ αἰχμαλώτουσ καὶ ἀγαπῆσαι ἐν σοὶ τοὺσ ταλαιπώρουσ εἰσ πάσασ τὰσ γενεὰσ τοῦ αἰῶνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 13:10)
  • διάγων βουλευτὰσ αἰχμαλώτουσ, κριτὰσ δὲ γῆσ ἐξέστησε. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 12:17)
  • ἐξαποστέλλων ἱερεῖσ αἰχμαλώτουσ, δυνάστασ δὲ γῆσ κατέστρεψε. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 12:19)
  • ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟΝ ἐπιστολῆσ, ἧσ ἀπέστειλεν Ἱερεμίασ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀχθησομένουσ αἰχμαλώτουσ εἰσ Βαβυλῶνα ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέωσ τῶν Βαβυλωνίων ἀναγγεῖλαι αὐτοῖσ καθότι ἐπετάγη αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ. ‐ (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:1)
  • δισχιλίουσ γὰρ αἰχμαλώτουσ ἄνευ λύτρων καὶ χίλια πολιτῶν σώματα χωρὶσ κήρυκοσ καὶ τὸν Ὠρωπὸν ἄνευ πρεσβείασ λαβὼν ὑμῖν ταῦτ’ ἔγραψα. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 9:6)

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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