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δοῦλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δοῦλος δούλη δοῦλον

Structure: δουλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. slavish, servile, subject

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative δοῦλος δούλη δοῦλον
Genitive δούλου δούλης δούλου
Dative δούλῳ δούλῃ δούλῳ
Accusative δοῦλον δούλην δοῦλον
Vocative δοῦλε δούλη δοῦλον
DualN/A/V δούλω δούλᾱ δούλω
G/D δούλοιν δούλαιν δούλοιν
PluralNominative δοῦλοι δοῦλαι δοῦλα
Genitive δούλων δουλῶν δούλων
Dative δούλοις δούλαις δούλοις
Accusative δούλους δούλᾱς δοῦλα
Vocative δοῦλοι δοῦλαι δοῦλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δοῦλος δούλου δουλότερος δουλοτέρου δουλότατος δουλοτάτου
Adverb δούλως δουλότερον δουλότατα

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

  • οὗτοσ δὲ ταῖσ δούλαισ καὶ ὑπηρέτισι τέχναισ ὥσπερ ὄμμα τὸν λόγον ἐντιθεὶσ τῆσ ἀρετῆσ ἀφαιρεῖ. (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 3 1:1)
  • νῦν δ’, εἰ δίκαιον τοὺσ ἐλευθέρουσ φρενοῦν γνώμαισι δούλαισ, κἀμὲ χρὴ φράσαι τὸ σόν· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 2:2)
  • "διὰ τί δούλαισ τὸ τῆσ Λευκοθέασ ἱερὸν ἄβατόν ἐστι, μίαν δὲ μόνην αἱ γυναῖκεσ εἰσάγουσαι παίουσιν ἐπὶ κόρρησ καὶ ῥαπίζουσιν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 16 1:1)
  • "διὰ τί δούλαισ τὸ τῆσ Λευκοθέασ ἱερὸν ἄβατόν ἐστι, μίαν δὲ μόνην αἱ γυναῖκεσ εἰσάγουσαι παίουσιν ἐπὶ κόρρησ καὶ ῥαπίζουσιν" ἦ τὸ μὲν ταύτην ῥαπίζεσθαι σύμβολόν ἐστι τοῦ μὴ ἐξεῖναι; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 161)
  • καὶ ἔφη μὲν τῆσ Πηνελόπησ ἐρᾶν, ἐμίγνυτο δὲ ταῖσ δούλαισ ταῖσ τοῦ Ὀδυσσέωσ καὶ τἄλλα ἦν ἀκόλαστοσ, οὐχ ὡσ ἔνιοι τῶν νῦν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 31:4)

Synonyms

  1. slavish

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