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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.

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • θύρσον γε χειρὶ καὶ νεβροῦ στικτὸν δέρασ. (Euripides, episode, trochees 11:32)
  • ἐγὼ μὲν ἐπιβαλὼν φάρη κόραισ ἐμαῖσ φασγάνῳ κατηρξάμαν ματέροσ ἔσω δέρασ μεθείσ. (Euripides, choral, strophe 31)
  • Μελέαγροσ δὲ αὐτὸν εἰσ τὸν κενεῶνα πλήξασ ἀπέκτεινε, καὶ λαβὼν τὸ δέρασ ἔδωκεν Ἀταλάντῃ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 8 2:15)
  • οἱ δὲ Θεστίου παῖδεσ, ἀδοξοῦντεσ εἰ παρόντων ἀνδρῶν γυνὴ τὰ ἀριστεῖα λήψεται, τὸ δέρασ αὐτῆσ ἀφείλοντο, κατὰ γένοσ αὑτοῖσ προσήκειν λέγοντεσ, εἰ Μελέαγροσ λαμβάνειν μὴ προαιροῖτο. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 8 2:16)
  • ὀργισθεὶσ δὲ Μελέαγροσ τοὺσ μὲν Θεστίου παῖδασ ἀπέκτεινε, τὸ δὲ δέρασ ἔδωκε τῇ Ἀταλάντῃ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 8 3:1)

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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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