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δύσπνους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δύσπνους δύσπνουν

Structure: δυσπνο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. scant of breath
  2. contrary

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δύσπνους δύσπνουν
Genitive δύσπνου δύσπνου
Dative δύσπνῳ δύσπνῳ
Accusative δύσπνουν δύσπνουν
Vocative δύσπνου δύσπνουν
DualN/A/V δύσπνω δύσπνω
G/D δύσπνοιν δύσπνοιν
PluralNominative δύσπνοι δύσπνοα
Genitive δύσπνων δύσπνων
Dative δύσπνοις δύσπνοις
Accusative δύσπνους δύσπνοα
Vocative δύσπνοι δύσπνοα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δύσπνους δύσπνου δυσπνούστερος δυσπνουστέρου δυσπνούστατος δυσπνουστάτου
Adverb δύσπνως δυσπνούστερον δυσπνούστατα

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

  • ἄναξ, ἐρῶ μὲν οὐχ ὅπωσ τάχουσ ὕπο δύσπνουσ ἱκάνω κοῦφον ἐξάρασ πόδα. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 1:11)
  • Ῥήγνυται μὲν οὖν ἐξαπιναίωσ, ἢ πληγῇ, ἢ ἐντάσι ἄχθεοσ, ἢ ἀνωθήσει, ἢ ἀπὸ ὕψουσ ἅλματι, ἢ καὶ βοῇ, καὶ ὀργῇ μεγάλῃ, ἤ τεῳ ἄλλῃ ὁμοίῃ αἰτίῃ, εὖτε αὐτίκα ἐπὶ τῇ ἀρτηρίᾳ λάβρωσ τὸ αἷμα ἐκχέεται· ἢν δὲ ἀπὸ βρώσιοσ, χρὴ ἐπανερωτῆν, εἴ κοτε πρόσθεν ἔβηξε ὥνθρωποσ, ἢ δύσπνουσ γέγονε, ἢ ναυτίη, ἢ ἔμετοσ ἦγχε πάροσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 47)
  • κἀκείνην μὲν τὴν ἡμέραν οὐδενὸσ γεύονται, κεῖται δ’ ἕκαστοσ ὑπεργέμων καὶ δύσπνουσ καὶ τὸ σύνολον παρεμφερὴσ τῷ μεθύοντι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 17 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. scant of breath

  2. contrary

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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