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βόθρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βόθρος βόθρᾱ βόθρον

Structure: βοθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Prob. from the same Root as baqu/s: cp. also Lat. fodio.

Sense

  1. any hole or pit dug in the ground, a natural trough, a hole

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative βόθρος βό́θρᾱ βόθρον
Genitive βόθρου βό́θρᾱς βόθρου
Dative βόθρῳ βό́θρᾱͅ βόθρῳ
Accusative βόθρον βό́θρᾱν βόθρον
Vocative βόθρε βό́θρᾱ βόθρον
DualN/A/V βόθρω βό́θρᾱ βόθρω
G/D βόθροιν βό́θραιν βόθροιν
PluralNominative βόθροι βό́θραι βόθρα
Genitive βόθρων βόθρῶν βόθρων
Dative βόθροις βό́θραις βόθροις
Accusative βόθρους βό́θρᾱς βόθρα
Vocative βόθροι βό́θραι βόθρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective βόθρος βόθρου βοθρότερος βοθροτέρου βοθρότατος βοθροτάτου
Adverb βόθρως βοθρότερον βοθρότατα

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 ὡσ υἱοὶ Αἰθιόπων ὑμεῖσ ἐστε ἐμοί, υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ̣ λέγει Κύριοσ. οὐ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἀνήγαγον ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου καὶ τοὺσ ἀλλοφύλουσ ἐκ Καππαδοκίασ καὶ τοὺσ Σύρουσ ἐκ βόθρου̣ ‐ (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 9:7)
  • καὶ ἐροῦσί σοι οἱ γίγαντεσ. ἐν βάθει βόθρου γίνου, τίνοσ κρείττων εἶ̣ κατάβηθι καὶ κοιμήθητι μετὰ ἀπεριτμήτων ἐν μέσῳ τραυματιῶν μαχαίρασ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 32:21)
  • ἐκεῖ Ἀσσοὺρ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ συναγωγὴ αὐτοῦ, πάντεσ τραυματίαι ἐκεῖ ἐδόθησαν, καὶ ἡ ταφὴ αὐτῶν ἐν βάθει βόθρου, καὶ ἐγενήθη ἡ συναγωγὴ αὐτοῦ περικύκλῳ τοῦ μνήματοσ αὐτοῦ, πάντεσ οἱ τραυματίαι οἱ πεπτωκότεσ μαχαίρᾳ, (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 32:22)
  • πεπιστεύκασι δ’ οὖν τὰσ ψυχὰσ ἀναπεμπομένασ κάτωθεν δειπνεῖν μὲν ὡσ οἱο͂́ν τε περιπετομένασ τὴν κνῖσαν καὶ τὸν καπνόν, πίνειν δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ βόθρου τὸ μελίκρατον. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 22:7)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀποχάζεο βόθρου, ἄπισχε δὲ φάσγανον ὀξύ, αἵματοσ ὄφρα πίω καί τοι νημερτέα εἴπω. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 11:3)

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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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