Hellas Alive Dictionary - αιχμαλωτος

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αἰχμάλωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰχμάλωτος αἰχμάλωτη αἰχμάλωτον

Structure: αἰχμαλωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

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

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	αἰχμάλωτος	αἰχμάλώτη	αἰχμάλωτον
	Genitive	αἰχμαλώτου	αἰχμάλώτης	αἰχμαλώτου
	Dative	αἰχμαλώτῳ	αἰχμάλώτῃ	αἰχμαλώτῳ
	Accusative	αἰχμάλωτον	αἰχμάλώτην	αἰχμάλωτον
	Vocative	αἰχμάλωτε	αἰχμάλώτη	αἰχμάλωτον
Dual	N/A/V	αἰχμαλώτω	αἰχμάλώτᾱ	αἰχμαλώτω
Dual	G/D	αἰχμαλώτοιν	αἰχμάλώταιν	αἰχμαλώτοιν
Plural	Nominative	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

καὶ ἠρώτησεν αὐτούσ Ραγουήλ. πόθεν ἐστέ, ἀδελφοί̣ καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ. ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Νεφθαλὶμ τῶν αἰχμαλώτων ἐκ Νινευῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 7:3)
εἰ δ’ αἰχμαλώτων χρή τιν’ ἔκκριτον θανεῖν κάλλει θ’ ὑπερφέρουσαν, οὐχ ἡμῶν τόδε· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:10)
πραθέντων δὲ τῶν αἰχμαλώτων λαφύρων εἴσ τε τὰ ἄλλα χρήμασιν ὁ δῆμοσ ἐρρώσθη, καὶ τῇ ἀκροπόλει τὸ νότιον τεῖχοσ κατεσκεύασεν ἀπ’ ἐκείνησ εὐπορήσασ τῆσ στρατείασ. (Plutarch, , chapter 13 6:3)
τῆσ δὲ Νικίου στρατηγίασ μνησθείσ, ὅτε ναῦσ ἑξήκοντα καὶ δισχιλίουσ ὁπλίτασ Ἀθηναίων ἐπαγόμενοσ ἐπὶ Πελοπόννησον ἔπλευσε, κατακλείσασ δὲ Λακεδαιμονίουσ εἰσ τὰ φρούρια, τοὺσ ἐν Κυθήροισ καὶ τοὺσ ἐν Θυρέᾳ κατοικοῦντασ Αἰγινήτασ ἐξεπολιόρκησε καὶ τῆσ ἄλλησ Πελοποννήσου πολλὴν ἐδῄωσεν, ἐξ ἧσ αἰχμαλώτων πλῆθοσ ἐπαγόμενοσ ἀπέπλευσεν εἰσ τὰσ Ἀθήνασ, οὕτωσ εἴρηκεν ἐπιτροχάδην, περὶ μὲν τῶν ἐν Κυθήροισ πραγμάτων· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 141)
μετὰ γὰρ τὴν ἅλωσιν αὐτῆσ καὶ τὴν τῶν αἰχμαλώτων ἄφιξιν, οὓσ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ στρατηγὸσ Πάχησ, διττῶν ἐκκλησιῶν γενομένων ἐν ταῖσ Ἀθήναισ τοὺσ μὲν ἐν τῇ προτέρᾳ ῥηθέντασ ὑπὸ τῶν δημαγωγῶν λόγουσ παρέλιπεν ὡσ οὐκ ἀναγκαίουσ, ἐν ᾗ τούσ τε αἰχμαλώτουσ ἀποκτεῖναι ὁ δῆμοσ ἐψηφίσατο καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ Μυτιληναίουσ ἡβηδόν, γυναῖκασ δὲ καὶ παῖδασ ἀνδραποδίσαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 17 1:3)

Synonyms

taken by the spear
- ληίδιος (taken as booty, captive)
- δοριάλωτος (captive of the spear, taken in war)

λύτρον (a price paid)
ζωγρία (a taking alive)
αὐτόμολος (going of oneself)
Ποτιδαιάτης (an inhabitant of Potidaea)
ἡβηδόν (from the youth upwards)
ἀντιστασιώτης (one of the opposite faction or party)
ὁμηρεία (a giving of hostages or securities a security)
γραμμάτιον ()
Ὠρείτης (an inhabitant of Oreus)
Λακωνισμός (imitation of Lacedaemonian manners)
ἔποικος (one who has settled among strangers)
Ἀσκαλωνίτης (an inhabitant of Ascalon or Ashkelon)
ἐπιδιώκω (to pursue after)
ἐπιθυμητής (one who longs for or desires)
ἱκετήριος (of or fit for suppliants)
ἐνεδρεύω (to lie in wait for)
Φαλερίος (one of the Falerii)
ἐθελοντής ()
ἐθελοντήν (voluntarily)
ὑπόσπονδος (under a treaty)
δοριάλωτος (captive of the spear)
ἄζω (to dry up)
συγχώρημα (a concession)
Ἀπολλωνιάτης (an inhabitant of Apollonia)
λάφυρα (spoils)
πειρατής (a pirate)
Λιβυρνός (one of the Liburni)
Λιβυρνοί (the Liburnians)
γογγύλος (round)
ὀλιγανδρία (scantiness of men)

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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αἰχμάλωτος

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taken by the spear

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