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ἄψινθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄψινθος ἄψινθη ἄψινθον

Structure: ἀψινθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Deriv. unknown, NTest.

Sense

  1. wormwood

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓ψινθος ἄψίνθη ά̓ψινθον
Genitive ἀψίνθου ἄψίνθης ἀψίνθου
Dative ἀψίνθῳ ἄψίνθῃ ἀψίνθῳ
Accusative ά̓ψινθον ἄψίνθην ά̓ψινθον
Vocative ά̓ψινθε ἄψίνθη ά̓ψινθον
DualN/A/V ἀψίνθω ἄψίνθᾱ ἀψίνθω
G/D ἀψίνθοιν ἄψίνθαιν ἀψίνθοιν
PluralNominative ά̓ψινθοι ά̓́ψινθαι ά̓ψινθα
Genitive ἀψίνθων ἄψινθῶν ἀψίνθων
Dative ἀψίνθοις ἄψίνθαις ἀψίνθοις
Accusative ἀψίνθους ἄψίνθᾱς ά̓ψινθα
Vocative ά̓ψινθοι ά̓́ψινθαι ά̓ψινθα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓ψινθος ἀψίνθου ἀψινθότερος ἀψινθοτέρου ἀψινθότατος ἀψινθοτάτου
Adverb ἀψίνθως ἀψινθότερον ἀψινθότατα

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

  • φαρμάκοισι ἐσ τὴν τοῦ κόλπου Ῥαγήν· βοτάνησ τῆσ ὑσσώπου ξὺν μελικρή τῳ πιπίσκειν, καὶ πρασίου τῆσ κόμησ, καὶ τῆσδε ξὺν μελικρή τῳ καὶ χυλῷ τῆσ ἀψίνθου. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 247)
  • καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀστέροσ λέγεται Ὁ Ἄψινθοσ. (APOKALUYIS IWANOU, chapter 7 33:1)

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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