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βραχύκωλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βραχύκωλος βραχύκωλη βραχύκωλον

Structure: βραχυκωλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kw=lon

Sense

  1. with short limbs or ends
  2. consisting of short clauses

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative βραχύκωλος βραχύκώλη βραχύκωλον
Genitive βραχυκώλου βραχύκώλης βραχυκώλου
Dative βραχυκώλῳ βραχύκώλῃ βραχυκώλῳ
Accusative βραχύκωλον βραχύκώλην βραχύκωλον
Vocative βραχύκωλε βραχύκώλη βραχύκωλον
DualN/A/V βραχυκώλω βραχύκώλᾱ βραχυκώλω
G/D βραχυκώλοιν βραχύκώλαιν βραχυκώλοιν
PluralNominative βραχύκωλοι βραχύ́κωλαι βραχύκωλα
Genitive βραχυκώλων βραχύκωλῶν βραχυκώλων
Dative βραχυκώλοις βραχύκώλαις βραχυκώλοις
Accusative βραχυκώλους βραχύκώλᾱς βραχύκωλα
Vocative βραχύκωλοι βραχύ́κωλαι βραχύκωλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective βραχύκωλος βραχυκώλου βραχυκωλότερος βραχυκωλοτέρου βραχυκωλότατος βραχυκωλοτάτου
Adverb βραχυκώλως βραχυκωλότερον βραχυκωλότατα

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

  • αἵ τε λίαν βραχύκωλοι οὐ περίοδοσ γίνεται· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 9 6:6)
  • σφενδόνασ δὲ περὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ τρεῖσ μελαγκρανίνασ ἢ τριχίνασ ἢ νευρίνασ, τὴν μὲν μακρόκωλον πρὸσ τὰσ μακροβολίασ, τὴν δὲ βραχύκωλον πρὸσ τὰσ ἐν βραχεῖ βολάσ, τὴν δὲ μέσην πρὸσ τὰσ μέσασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 5 2:20)

Synonyms

  1. with short limbs or ends

  2. consisting of short clauses

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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