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δυσφαής?

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration: dysphaēs

Principal Part: δυσφαής δυσφαές

Structure: δυσφαη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: φάος or φαίνομαι

Sense

  1. scarce visible

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δυσφαής δύσφαες
Genitive δυσφαούς δυσφάους
Dative δυσφαεί δυσφάει
Accusative δυσφαή δύσφαες
Vocative δυσφαές δύσφαες
DualN/A/V δυσφαεί δυσφάει
G/D δυσφαοίν δυσφάοιν
PluralNominative δυσφαείς δυσφάη
Genitive δυσφαών δυσφάων
Dative δυσφαέσι(ν) δυσφάεσι(ν)
Accusative δυσφαείς δυσφάη
Vocative δυσφαείς δυσφάη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δυσφαής δυσφαούς δυσφαέστερος δυσφαεστέρου δυσφαέστατος δυσφαεστάτου
Adverb δυσφαέως δυσφαέστερον δυσφαέστατα

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

  • "ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ ἥλιος οὐχ ὅταν διαφύγῃ τὰ νέφη γίγνεται λαμπρός, ἀλλ ἔστι μὲν ἀεὶ φαίνεται δ ἡμῖν ἐν ὁμίχλῃ δυσφαὴς καὶ ἀμαυρός: (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 39 2:6)

Synonyms

  1. scarce visible

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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