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ἀμφίβραχυς

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίβραχυς ἀμφιβράχεια ἀμφίβραχυ

Structure: ἀμφιβραχυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. (poetry) short on both ends

Declension

First/Third 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

  • ὁ δ’ ἐκ μακρᾶσ καὶ δυεῖν βραχειῶν μέσην μὲν λαβὼν τὴν μακρὰν ἀμφίβραχυσ ὠνόμασται, καὶ οὐ σφόδρα τῶν εὐσχήμων ἐστὶ ῥυθμῶν ἀλλὰ διακέκλασταί τε καὶ πολὺ τὸ θῆλυ καὶ ἀηδὲσ ἔχει, οἱᾶ́ ἐστι ταυτί Ιἄκχε θρίαμβε, σὺ τῶνδε χοραγέ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1722)
  • τί οὖν ἐκώλυε καλὴν ἁρμονίαν εἶναι λέξεωσ, ἐν ᾗ μήτε πυρρίχιόσ ἐστι ποὺσ μήτε ἰαμβικὸσ μήτε ἀμφίβραχυσ μήτε τῶν χορείων ἢ τροχαίων μηδείσ; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1852)

Synonyms

  1. short on both ends

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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