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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

  • ταύτησ Ἀθάναν δέροσ ἐπὶ στέρνοισ ἔχειν. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 4:39)
  • πάντα τρόπον, ἐν κλίμακι δήσασ κρεμάσασ ὑστριχίδι μαστιγῶν, δέρων, στρεβλῶν, ἔτι δ’ ἐσ τὰσ ῥῖνασ ὄξοσ ἐγχέων, πλίνθουσ ἐπιτιθείσ, πάντα τἄλλα, πλὴν πράσῳ μὴ τύπτε τοῦτον μηδὲ γητείῳ νέῳ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, iambics15)
  • Ὁμολωίσιν δὲ τάξιν εἶχε πρὸσ πύλαισ Τυδεύσ, λέοντοσ δέροσ ἔχων ἐπ’ ἀσπίδι χαίτῃ πεφρικόσ· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 4:1)
  • Αἰγύπτιοσ μιαρώτατοσ τῶν ἰχθύων κάπηλοσ Ἑρμαῖοσ, ὃσ βίᾳ δέρων ῥίνασ γαλεούσ τε πωλεῖ καὶ τοὺσ λάβρακασ ἐντερεύων, ὡσ λέγουσιν ἡμῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 10 2:3)
  • "ναὶ τὴν φίλην Δήμητρα, δικαίωσ τοι δέροσ, ἄνθρωπε, φησίν, ἐξεδάρησ ἀκόλαστοσ ὤν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 43 4:3)
  • συναθροίσασ δὲ πολλοὺσ ἐκεῖνοσ κυνηγέτασ ἀνεῖλε, καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ δέροσ τῇ κατηγγυημένῃ γυναικὶ κατεχώρησε. (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 26 1:7)
  • συναθροίσασ δὲ πολλοὺσ ἐκεῖνοσ κυνηγέτασ ἀνεῖλε, καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ δέροσ τῇ κατηγγυημένῃ γυναικὶ κατεχώρησε, Σκυμβράτησ δὲ καὶ Μουθίασ οἱ μητράδελφοι περιείλοντο τῆσ κόρησ. (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 26 2:2)

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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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