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ἀσφόδελος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσφόδελος ἀσφόδελη ἀσφόδελον

Structure: ἀσφοδελ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Deriv. unknown

Sense

  1. asphodel, king's-spear
  2. asphodel

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀσφόδελος ἀσφόδέλη ἀσφόδελον
Genitive ἀσφοδέλου ἀσφόδέλης ἀσφοδέλου
Dative ἀσφοδέλῳ ἀσφόδέλῃ ἀσφοδέλῳ
Accusative ἀσφόδελον ἀσφόδέλην ἀσφόδελον
Vocative ἀσφόδελε ἀσφόδέλη ἀσφόδελον
DualN/A/V ἀσφοδέλω ἀσφόδέλᾱ ἀσφοδέλω
G/D ἀσφοδέλοιν ἀσφόδέλαιν ἀσφοδέλοιν
PluralNominative ἀσφόδελοι ἀσφό́δελαι ἀσφόδελα
Genitive ἀσφοδέλων ἀσφόδελῶν ἀσφοδέλων
Dative ἀσφοδέλοις ἀσφόδέλαις ἀσφοδέλοις
Accusative ἀσφοδέλους ἀσφόδέλᾱς ἀσφόδελα
Vocative ἀσφόδελοι ἀσφό́δελαι ἀσφόδελα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀσφόδελος ἀσφοδέλου ἀσφοδελώτερος ἀσφοδελωτέρου ἀσφοδελώτατος ἀσφοδελωτάτου
Adverb ἀσφοδέλως ἀσφοδελώτερον ἀσφοδελώτατα

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

  • "οὐχ οὕτωσ ἄσποροσ οὐδὲ ἄκαρποσ ἡ τοῦ Πλούτωνοσ ἀρχή, οὐδὲ ἐπιλέλοιπεν ἡμᾶσ ὁ ἀσφόδελοσ, ἵνα παρ’ ὑμῶν τὰ σιτία μεταστελλώμεθα. (Lucian, (no name) 16:22)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ οἶδα τὴν αἰτίαν παρ’ ἡμῖν μὲν γὰρ ἀσφόδελοσ μόνον καὶ χοαὶ καὶ πόπανα καὶ ἐναγίσματα, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα ζόφοσ καὶ ὁμίχλη καὶ σκότοσ, ἐν δὲ τῷ οὐρανῷ φαιδρὰ πάντα καὶ ἥ τε ἀμβροσία πολλὴ καὶ τὸ νέκταρ ἄφθονον ὥστε ἥδιον παρ’ ἐκείνοισ βραδύνειν ἐοίκε. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. asphodel

  2. asphodel

Related

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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