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δέρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δέρος δέρᾱ δέρον

Structure: δερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poetic for δέρμα, δέρματος, Eur.

Sense

  1. δέρμα, δέρματος

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative δέρος δέ́ρᾱ δέρον
Genitive δέρου δέ́ρᾱς δέρου
Dative δέρῳ δέ́ρᾱͅ δέρῳ
Accusative δέρον δέ́ρᾱν δέρον
Vocative δέρε δέ́ρᾱ δέρον
DualN/A/V δέρω δέ́ρᾱ δέρω
G/D δέροιν δέ́ραιν δέροιν
PluralNominative δέροι δέ́ραι δέρα
Genitive δέρων δέρῶν δέρων
Dative δέροις δέ́ραις δέροις
Accusative δέρους δέ́ρᾱς δέρα
Vocative δέροι δέ́ραι δέρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δέρος δέρου δερώτερος δερωτέρου δερώτατος δερωτάτου
Adverb δέρως δερώτερον δερώτατα

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

  • ἐγᾦδ’ ἁ μέλεοσ, οἶδ’, ὅτε φάσγανον δέρᾳ θῆκέ μοι μελεόφρων πατήρ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric12)
  • ἀνεμώκεοσ εἴθε δρόμον νεφέλασ ποσὶν ἐξανύσαιμι δι’ αἰθέροσ πρὸσ ἐμὸν ὁμογενέτορα, περὶ δ’ ὠλένασ δέρᾳ φιλτάτᾳ βάλοιμ’ <ἐν> χρόνῳ φυγάδα μέλεον. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 1:12)
  • καὶ πολλαὶσ ὑποθυμίδασ πλεκταὶσ ἀμπ’ ἀπαλᾷ δέρᾳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 16 3:3)

Related

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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