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διαβόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διαβόρος διαβόρον

Structure: διαβορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: diabibrw/skw

Sense

  1. eating through, devouring
  2. eaten through, consumed

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative διαβόρος διάβορον
Genitive διαβόρου διαβόρου
Dative διαβόρῳ διαβόρῳ
Accusative διαβόρον διάβορον
Vocative διαβόρε διάβορον
DualN/A/V διαβόρω διαβόρω
G/D διαβόροιν διαβόροιν
PluralNominative διαβόροι διάβορα
Genitive διαβόρων διαβόρων
Dative διαβόροις διαβόροις
Accusative διαβόρους διάβορα
Vocative διαβόροι διάβορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective διαβόρος διαβόρου διαβορότερος διαβοροτέρου διαβορότατος διαβοροτάτου
Adverb διαβόρως διαβορότερον διαβορότατα

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

  • ᾧ γὰρ τὸν ἐνδυτῆρα πέπλον ἀρτίωσ ἔχριον, ἀργὴσ οἰὸσ εὐέρου πόκοσ, τοῦτ’ ἠφάνισται διάβορον πρὸσ οὐδενὸσ τῶν ἔνδον, ἀλλ’ ἐδεστὸν ἐξ αὑτοῦ φθίνει, καὶ ψῇ κατ’ ἄκρασ σπιλάδοσ· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 1:2)
  • τοῦτο γὰρ αὐτὸσ βαίνων ἐσ ἄστρα διάβορον θῆκεν χαμαί. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. g'. POLEMWN 5:8)

Synonyms

  1. eaten through

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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