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ἀσφάραγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσφάραγος ἀσφάραγη ἀσφάραγον

Structure: ἀσφαραγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a euphon. , sparga/w

Sense

  1. asparagus

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀσφάραγος ἀσφάράγη ἀσφάραγον
Genitive ἀσφαράγου ἀσφάράγης ἀσφαράγου
Dative ἀσφαράγῳ ἀσφάράγῃ ἀσφαράγῳ
Accusative ἀσφάραγον ἀσφάράγην ἀσφάραγον
Vocative ἀσφάραγε ἀσφάράγη ἀσφάραγον
DualN/A/V ἀσφαράγω ἀσφάράγᾱ ἀσφαράγω
G/D ἀσφαράγοιν ἀσφάράγαιν ἀσφαράγοιν
PluralNominative ἀσφάραγοι ἀσφά́ραγαι ἀσφάραγα
Genitive ἀσφαράγων ἀσφάραγῶν ἀσφαράγων
Dative ἀσφαράγοις ἀσφάράγαις ἀσφαράγοις
Accusative ἀσφαράγους ἀσφάράγᾱς ἀσφάραγα
Vocative ἀσφάραγοι ἀσφά́ραγαι ἀσφάραγα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀσφάραγος ἀσφαράγου ἀσφαραγώτερος ἀσφαραγωτέρου ἀσφαραγώτατος ἀσφαραγωτάτου
Adverb ἀσφαράγως ἀσφαραγώτερον ἀσφαραγώτατα

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

  • "οὐ σχῖνοσ οὐδ’ ἀσφάραγοσ, οὐ δάφνησ κλάδοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 52137)
  • "Δίφιλοσ δέ φησιν ὡσ ὁ τῆσ κράμβησ ἀσφάραγοσ λεγόμενοσ ἰδίωσ ὄρμενοσ εὐστομαχώτερόσ ἐστι καὶ εὐεκκριτώτεροσ, ὄψεων δὲ βλαπτικόσ, ἐστὶ δὲ δριμὺσ καὶ οὐρητικὸσ καὶ ἀδικεῖ νεφροὺσ καὶ κύστιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 52138)

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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