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διφυής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διφυής διφυές

Structure: διφυη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fuh/

Sense

of double form

Declension

Third declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	διφυής	δίφυες
	Genitive	διφυούς	διφύους
	Dative	διφυεί	διφύει
	Accusative	διφυή	δίφυες
	Vocative	διφυές	δίφυες
Dual	N/A/V	διφυεί	διφύει
Dual	G/D	διφυοίν	διφύοιν
Plural	Nominative	διφυείς	διφύη
	Genitive	διφυών	διφύων
	Dative	διφυέσιν*	διφύεσιν*
	Accusative	διφυείς	διφύη
	Vocative	διφυείς	διφύη

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	διφυής διφυούς	διφυέστερος διφυεστέρου	διφυέστατος διφυεστάτου
Adverb	διφυέως	διφυέστερον	διφυέστατα

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

εἰσ οἶνον ἦν ὅτε σὺν Λαπίθῃσι καὶ ἀλκίμῳ Ἡρακλῆι Κενταύρουσ διφυεῖσ ὤλεσα μαρνάμενοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 521)
τί δὲ ταρσοὺσ ποσσὶν ἔχεισ διφυεῖσ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2759)
καὶ γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ θεάτροισ, πεπεισμένοι μήτε Κενταύρουσ διφυεῖσ ἐξ ἑτερογενῶν σωμάτων ὑπάρξαι μήτε Γηρυόνην τρισώματον, ὅμωσ προσδεχόμεθα τὰσ τοιαύτασ μυθολογίασ, καὶ ταῖσ ἐπισημασίαισ συναύξομεν τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ τιμήν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 8 4:2)
τοὺσ δὲ Κενταύρουσ τινὲσ μέν φασιν ἐν τῷ Πηλίῳ τραφῆναι ὑπὸ Νυμφῶν, ἀνδρωθέντασ δὲ καὶ μιγέντασ ἵπποισ θηλείαισ γεννῆσαι τοὺσ ὀνομαζομένουσ διφυεῖσ Ἱπποκενταύρουσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 70 1:2)
τινὲσ δὲ λέγουσι τοὺσ ἐκ Νεφέλησ καὶ Ἰξίονοσ γεννηθέντασ Κενταύρουσ πρώτουσ ἱππεύειν ἐπιχειρήσαντασ Ἱπποκενταύρουσ ὠνομάσθαι καὶ εἰσ πλάσμα μύθου καταταχθῆναι ὡσ διφυεῖσ ὄντασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 70 1:3)

Synonyms

of double form
- ἀδελφός (double)
- διπλάδιος (double)
- δίψυχος (double-minded)
- διχόνοος (double-minded.)
- ἀμφιπρόσωπος (double-faced)
- ἀμφίλαλος (of double speech)
- δίκροτος (double-beating)
- δίλοφος (double-crested)
- ἀμφίφαλος (with double crest)
- ἀμφίθυρος (with double entrance)
- δίπυρος (with double flame)
- δισσός (twofold, double)
- δίγονος (twin: double)
- περιρρηδής (doubled round or over)

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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of double form

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διφυής

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

of double form

Similar forms

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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