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δείελος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δείελος

Structure: δειελ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dei/lh

Sense

  1. of or belonging to evening, eventide
  2. late evening

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δείελος δείελον
Genitive δειέλου δειέλου
Dative δειέλῳ δειέλῳ
Accusative δείελον δείελον
Vocative δείελε δείελον
DualN/A/V δειέλω δειέλω
G/D δειέλοιν δειέλοιν
PluralNominative δείελοι δείελα
Genitive δειέλων δειέλων
Dative δειέλοις δειέλοις
Accusative δειέλους δείελα
Vocative δείελοι δείελα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δείελος δειέλου δειελότερος δειελοτέρου δειελότατος δειελοτάτου
Adverb δειέλως δειελότερον δειελότατα

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

  • ἔμπησ δ’ ἐγρομένοιο σάλου ζαχρηεσιν αὔραισ, αἳ νέον ἐκ ποταμῶν ὑπὸ δείελον ἠερέθονται, τειρόμενοι καὶ δὴ μετελώφεον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 20:7)
  • ἠέριοσ ζεύγνυμι βόασ, καὶ δείελον ὡρ́ην παύομαι ἀμήτοιο. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 7:34)
  • Ἠέλιοσ μὲν ἔπειτα ποτὶ ζόφον ἔτραπεν ἵππουσ δείελον ἦμαρ ἄγων· (Theocritus, Idylls, 39)
  • καί κε πάλιν σταδίοισ ποτὶ δείελον ὡρ́ιοσ ἔλθοισ, ἐγγύθεν ἐγγὺσ ἰὼν γείτονοσ ἐκ θαλάμου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 650 1:1)
  • ἤδη γὰρ καὶ ἐπήλυθε δείελον ἦμαρ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 17 89:3)

Synonyms

  1. of or belonging to evening

  2. late evening

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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