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διφυής?

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration: diphyēs

Principal Part: διφυής διφυές

Structure: διφυη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: φυή

Sense

  1. of double form

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative διφυής δίφυες
Genitive διφυούς διφύους
Dative διφυεί διφύει
Accusative διφυή δίφυες
Vocative διφυές δίφυες
DualN/A/V διφυεί διφύει
G/D διφυοίν διφύοιν
PluralNominative διφυείς διφύη
Genitive διφυών διφύων
Dative διφυέσι(ν) διφύεσι(ν)
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

  • "διὸ καὶ ἔδοξέ τισιν διφυὴς νομισθῆναι, οὐκ εἰδότων τῶν πρότερον διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τὸν πατέρα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 2 1:4)
  • ἐγένετο δὲ καὶ Κρόνου καὶ Φιλύρας Χείρων διφυὴς Κένταυρος, Ηοὖς δὲ καὶ Ἀστραίου ἄνεμοι καὶ ἄστρα, Πέρσου δὲ καὶ Ἀστερίας Ἑκάτη, Πάλλαντος δὲ καὶ Στυγὸς Νίκη Κράτος Ζῆλος Βία. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 2 4:1)
  • ὀρθῶς ἄρ <ἂν> ὁ πᾶν μηνύων καὶ ἀεὶ πολῶν "Πὰν αἰπόλος" εἰή, διφυὴς Ἑρμοῦ ὑός, τὰ μὲν ἄνωθεν λεῖος, τὰ δὲ κάτωθεν τραχὺς καὶ τραγοειδής. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 151:7)
  • διφυοῦς δ αὐτοῦ γεγονότος, τοὺς μὲν Ἀθηναίους μὴ δύνασθαι κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ὑπόστασιν ἀποδοῦναι περὶ τῆς φύσεως ταύτης τὰς ἀληθεῖς αἰτίας, ἐν μέσῳ κειμένου πᾶσιν ὅτι δυοῖν πολιτειῶν μετασχών, Ἑλληνικῆς καὶ βαρβάρου, διφυὴς ἐνομίσθη, τὸ μὲν ἔχων μέρος θηρίου, τὸ δὲ ἀνθρώπου. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 28 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. of double form

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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