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ἄστοχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄστοχος

Structure: ἀστοχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. missing the mark, aiming badly at

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓στοχος ά̓στοχον
Genitive ἀστόχου ἀστόχου
Dative ἀστόχῳ ἀστόχῳ
Accusative ά̓στοχον ά̓στοχον
Vocative ά̓στοχε ά̓στοχον
DualN/A/V ἀστόχω ἀστόχω
G/D ἀστόχοιν ἀστόχοιν
PluralNominative ά̓στοχοι ά̓στοχα
Genitive ἀστόχων ἀστόχων
Dative ἀστόχοις ἀστόχοις
Accusative ἀστόχους ά̓στοχα
Vocative ά̓στοχοι ά̓στοχα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓στοχος ἀστόχου ἀστοχώτερος ἀστοχωτέρου ἀστοχώτατος ἀστοχωτάτου
Adverb ἀστόχως ἀστοχώτερον ἀστοχώτατα

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

  • ῥᾳδίωσ γὰρ ἐξ ὑπερδεξίου τὰσ βολὰσ οἱ ζηλωταὶ καὶ οὐκ ἀστόχουσ ἐποιοῦντο. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 654:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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