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δίχηλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίχηλος

Structure: διχηλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xhlh/

Sense

  1. cloven-hoofed
  2. a forceps, pincers

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δίχηλος δίχηλον
Genitive διχήλου διχήλου
Dative διχήλῳ διχήλῳ
Accusative δίχηλον δίχηλον
Vocative δίχηλε δίχηλον
DualN/A/V διχήλω διχήλω
G/D διχήλοιν διχήλοιν
PluralNominative δίχηλοι δίχηλα
Genitive διχήλων διχήλων
Dative διχήλοις διχήλοις
Accusative διχήλους δίχηλα
Vocative δίχηλοι δίχηλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δίχηλος διχήλου διχηλότερος διχηλοτέρου διχηλότατος διχηλοτάτου
Adverb διχήλως διχηλότερον διχηλότατα

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

  • εἶδεσ δ’ ἂν ἢ πλεύρ’ ἢ δίχηλον ἔμβασιν ῥιπτόμεν’ ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω· (Euripides, episode, trochees 8:3)
  • τετράπουν ἐστί, δίχηλον, ὁπλαὶ βοόσ, σιμόν, λοφιὴν ἔχον ἵππου, χαυλιόδοντασ φαῖνον, οὐρὴν ἵππου καὶ φωνήν, μέγαθοσ ὅσον τε βοῦσ ὁ μέγιστοσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 71 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. cloven-hoofed

Related

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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