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δημωφελής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δημωφελής δημωφελές

Structure: δημωφελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: o)/felos

Sense

  1. of public use

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δημωφελής δημώφελες
Genitive δημωφελούς δημωφέλους
Dative δημωφελεί δημωφέλει
Accusative δημωφελή δημώφελες
Vocative δημωφελές δημώφελες
DualN/A/V δημωφελεί δημωφέλει
G/D δημωφελοίν δημωφέλοιν
PluralNominative δημωφελείς δημωφέλη
Genitive δημωφελών δημωφέλων
Dative δημωφελέσιν* δημωφέλεσιν*
Accusative δημωφελείς δημωφέλη
Vocative δημωφελείς δημωφέλη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δημωφελής δημωφελούς δημωφελέστερος δημωφελεστέρου δημωφελέστατος δημωφελεστάτου
Adverb δημωφελέως δημωφελέστερον δημωφελέστατα

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

  • εἰ δέ γε δημωφελέσ τι ἐνῆν τῇ βοῇ αὐτῶν καί τι ἀγαθὸν ἐκ τῶν ῥημάτων ἐκείνων ἀνεφύετο αὐτοῖσ, οὐκ ἂν εἰπεῖν ἔχοιμι. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 11:13)
  • ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ, δημωφελὴσ ἔσται, μετ’ ἀσφαλείασ ἅμα καὶ τιμῆσ δικαίασ εὖ τιθέμενοσ τὸ οἰκεῖον. (Plutarch, De unius in republica dominatione, chapter, section 1 4:1)
  • ἁπλῶσ δὲ κοινὸν εἶναι τὸ σύγγραμμα τοῦτο δεῖ καὶ πολιτικὸν καὶ δημωφελὲσ ὁμοίωσ ὥσπερ τὴν τῆσ ἱστορίασ γραφήν. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 1 44:1)

Synonyms

  1. of public use

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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