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ἄλεκτρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλεκτρος ἄλεκτρᾱ ἄλεκτρον

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

Etym.: le/ktron

Sense

  1. unbedded, unwedded

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓λεκτρος ἄλέκτρᾱ ά̓λεκτρον
Genitive ἀλέκτρου ἄλέκτρᾱς ἀλέκτρου
Dative ἀλέκτρῳ ἄλέκτρᾱͅ ἀλέκτρῳ
Accusative ά̓λεκτρον ἄλέκτρᾱν ά̓λεκτρον
Vocative ά̓λεκτρε ἄλέκτρᾱ ά̓λεκτρον
DualN/A/V ἀλέκτρω ἄλέκτρᾱ ἀλέκτρω
G/D ἀλέκτροιν ἄλέκτραιν ἀλέκτροιν
PluralNominative ά̓λεκτροι ά̓́λεκτραι ά̓λεκτρα
Genitive ἀλέκτρων ἄλεκτρῶν ἀλέκτρων
Dative ἀλέκτροις ἄλέκτραις ἀλέκτροις
Accusative ἀλέκτρους ἄλέκτρᾱς ά̓λεκτρα
Vocative ά̓λεκτροι ά̓́λεκτραι ά̓λεκτρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓λεκτρος ἀλέκτρου ἀλεκτρότερος ἀλεκτροτέρου ἀλεκτρότατος ἀλεκτροτάτου
Adverb ἀλέκτρως ἀλεκτρότερον ἀλεκτρότατα

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

  • ἦ τὰν τοῦ Φοίβου παρθένον, ᾇ γέρασ ὁ χρυσοκόμασ ἔδωκ’ ἄλεκτρον ζόαν; (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, lyric14)
  • καὶ νῦν ἄγει με διὰ χερῶν οὕτω λαβὼν ἄλεκτρον, ἀνυμέναιον, οὔτε του γάμου μέροσ λαχοῦσαν οὔτε παιδείου τροφῆσ, ἀλλ’ ὧδ’ ἔρημοσ πρὸσ φίλων ἡ δύσμοροσ ζῶσ’ εἰσ θανόντων ἔρχομαι κατασκαφάσ. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode15)

Synonyms

  1. unbedded

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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