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ἄωρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄωρος ἄωρᾱ ἄωρον

Structure: ἀωρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)ei/rw, cf. mete/wros

Sense

  1. pendulous, waving about

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓ωρος ἄώρᾱ ά̓ωρον
Genitive ἀώρου ἄώρᾱς ἀώρου
Dative ἀώρῳ ἄώρᾱͅ ἀώρῳ
Accusative ά̓ωρον ἄώρᾱν ά̓ωρον
Vocative ά̓ωρε ἄώρᾱ ά̓ωρον
DualN/A/V ἀώρω ἄώρᾱ ἀώρω
G/D ἀώροιν ἄώραιν ἀώροιν
PluralNominative ά̓ωροι ά̓́ωραι ά̓ωρα
Genitive ἀώρων ἄωρῶν ἀώρων
Dative ἀώροις ἄώραις ἀώροις
Accusative ἀώρους ἄώρᾱς ά̓ωρα
Vocative ά̓ωροι ά̓́ωραι ά̓ωρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓ωρος ἀώρου ἀωρότερος ἀωροτέρου ἀωρότατος ἀωροτάτου
Adverb ἀώρως ἀωρότερον ἀωρότατα

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

  • ὡρ́α τοίνυν καὶ βασιλεῖ παραινεῖν πρεσβύτῃ γεγενημένῳ τὸ μὲν διάδημα καταθέσθαι καὶ τὴν πορφύραν, ἱμάτιον δ’ ἀναλαβόντα καὶ καμπύλην ἐν ἀγρῷ διατρίβειν, μὴ δοκῇ περίεργα καὶ ἀώρα πράττειν ἐν πολιαῖσ βασιλεύων. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 11 3:2)

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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