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αἰχμοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰχμοφόρος αἰχμοφόρᾱ αἰχμοφόρον

Structure: αἰχμοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. one who trails a pike, a spearman, body-guards

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative αἰχμοφόρος αἰχμοφό́ρᾱ αἰχμοφόρον
Genitive αἰχμοφόρου αἰχμοφό́ρᾱς αἰχμοφόρου
Dative αἰχμοφόρῳ αἰχμοφό́ρᾱͅ αἰχμοφόρῳ
Accusative αἰχμοφόρον αἰχμοφό́ρᾱν αἰχμοφόρον
Vocative αἰχμοφόρε αἰχμοφό́ρᾱ αἰχμοφόρον
DualN/A/V αἰχμοφόρω αἰχμοφό́ρᾱ αἰχμοφόρω
G/D αἰχμοφόροιν αἰχμοφό́ραιν αἰχμοφόροιν
PluralNominative αἰχμοφόροι αἰχμοφό́ραι αἰχμοφόρα
Genitive αἰχμοφόρων αἰχμοφόρῶν αἰχμοφόρων
Dative αἰχμοφόροις αἰχμοφό́ραις αἰχμοφόροις
Accusative αἰχμοφόρους αἰχμοφό́ρᾱς αἰχμοφόρα
Vocative αἰχμοφόροι αἰχμοφό́ραι αἰχμοφόρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective αἰχμοφόρος αἰχμοφόρου αἰχμοφορότερος αἰχμοφοροτέρου αἰχμοφορότατος αἰχμοφοροτάτου
Adverb αἰχμοφόρως αἰχμοφορότερον αἰχμοφορότατα

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

  • ἀλλά νιν αἰχμοφόροι μύθοισί τε μειλιχίοισ καὶ βίᾳ χειρῶν κάτεχον. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 7:2)
  • ἦν γὰρ καὶ τούτων ἡγεμὼν ὁ διαφανέστατοσ, ᾧ τρεῖσ ὑπετάγησαν ἑκατόνταρχοι καὶ αὖθισ ὑπ’ ἐκείνοισ ἕτεροι τὰσ ὑποδεεστέρασ ἔχοντεσ ἀρχάσ, οἳ κατὰ πόλιν μὲν αἰχμοφόροι τε αὐτῷ παρηκολούθουν καὶ τῶν κελευομένων ὑπηρέται, κατὰ δὲ τὰσ στρατείασ πρόμαχοί τε ἦσαν καὶ παρασπισταί· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 13 4:1)
  • ὥστε δὲ ταῦτα νομίζων, ἦν γάρ οἱ τῶν αἰχμοφόρων Γύγησ ὁ Δασκύλου ἀρεσκόμενοσ μάλιστα, τούτῳ τῷ Γύγῃ καὶ τὰ σπουδαιέστερα τῶν πρηγμάτων ὑπερετίθετο ὁ Κανδαύλησ καὶ δὴ καὶ τὸ εἶδοσ τῆσ γυναικὸσ ὑπερεπαινέων. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 8 2:2)
  • οὗτοσ λέγεται πολλὸν ἔτι γενέσθαι ἀλκιμώτεροσ τῶν προγόνων, καὶ πρῶτόσ τε ἐλόχισε κατὰ τέλεα τοὺσ ἐν τῇ, Ἀσίῃ καὶ πρῶτοσ διέταξε χωρὶσ ἑκάστουσ εἶναι, τούσ τε αἰχμοφόρουσ καὶ τοὺσ τοξοφόρουσ καὶ τοὺσ ἱππέασ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 103 2:2)
  • Μασσαγέται δὲ ἐσθῆτά τε ὁμοίην τῇ Σκυθικῇ φορέουσι καὶ δίαιταν ἔχουσι, ἱππόται δὲ εἰσὶ καὶ ἄνιπποι ἀμφοτέρων γὰρ μετέχουσι καὶ τοξόται τε καὶ αἰχμοφόροι, σαγάρισ νομίζοντεσ ἔχειν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 215 2:1)

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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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