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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

  • Ὁκόσα μὲν οὖν ἐγχρονίζει τῶν ἐμπυημάτων, ἔχει τὰ σημεῖα ταῦτα, καὶ πιστεύειν αὐτέοισι χρὴ κάρτα‧ ὁκόσα δὲ ὀλιγοχρόνιά ἐστι, τουτέοισιν ἐπισημαίνεται, ἤν τι ἐπιφαίνηται, οἱᾶ καὶ τοῖσιν ἐν ἀρχῇσι γιγνομένοισιν, ἅμα δὲ καὶ ἤν τι δυσπνούστεροσ ᾖ ὁ ἄνθρωποσ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., PROGNWSTIKON, 17.3)

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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