Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκτένιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκτένιστος ἀκτένιστη ἀκτένιστον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + κτενιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kteni/zw

Sense

  1. uncombed, unkempt

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 ξένησ ἐπὶ χθονὸσ σὺν σφῷν ἐφηύρηκ’ ἐνθάδ’ ἐκβεβλημένον ἐσθῆτι σὺν τοιᾷδε, τῆσ ὁ δυσφιλὴσ γέρων γέροντι συγκατῴκηκεν πίνοσ πλευρὰν μαραίνων, κρατὶ δ’ ὀμματοστερεῖ κόμη δι’ αὔρασ ἀκτένιστοσ ᾄσσεται· (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode6)

Synonyms

  1. uncombed

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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