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ἀκαρής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκαρής ἀκαρές

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + καρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kei/rw

Sense

  1. (of hair) too short to be cut
  2. (in general, especially of time) very short

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀκαρής ά̓καρες
Genitive ἀκαρούς ἀκάρους
Dative ἀκαρεί ἀκάρει
Accusative ἀκαρή ά̓καρες
Vocative ἀκαρές ά̓καρες
DualN/A/V ἀκαρεί ἀκάρει
G/D ἀκαροίν ἀκάροιν
PluralNominative ἀκαρείς ἀκάρη
Genitive ἀκαρών ἀκάρων
Dative ἀκαρέσιν* ἀκάρεσιν*
Accusative ἀκαρείς ἀκάρη
Vocative ἀκαρείς ἀκάρη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀκαρής ἀκαρούς ἀκαρέστερος ἀκαρεστέρου ἀκαρέστατος ἀκαρεστάτου
Adverb ἀκαρέως ἀκαρέστερον ἀκαρέστατα

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 συνελθόντεσ οἱ ἐκ τῶν [πέντε] πόλεων ἄρχοντεσ, Γίττησ καὶ Ἀκάρων καὶ Ἀσκάλωνοσ ἔτι δὲ Γάζησ καὶ Ἀζώτου, ἐσκόπουν τί δεῖ ποιεῖν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 6 11:1)
  • αὕτη δ’ ἦν μέχρι πόλεωσ Ἀκάρων ἀπὸ τῶν τῆσ Γίττησ ὁρ́ων ἐκτεταμένη. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 6 39:2)

Synonyms

  1. very short

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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