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δωροφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δωροφάγος δωροφάγον

Structure: δωροφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fagei=n

Sense

  1. greedy of presents

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative δωροφάγος δωρόφαγον
Genitive δωροφάγου δωροφάγου
Dative δωροφάγῳ δωροφάγῳ
Accusative δωροφάγον δωρόφαγον
Vocative δωροφάγε δωρόφαγον
DualN/A/V δωροφάγω δωροφάγω
G/D δωροφάγοιν δωροφάγοιν
PluralNominative δωροφάγοι δωρόφαγα
Genitive δωροφάγων δωροφάγων
Dative δωροφάγοις δωροφάγοις
Accusative δωροφάγους δωρόφαγα
Vocative δωροφάγοι δωρόφαγα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective δωροφάγος δωροφάγου δωροφαγότερος δωροφαγοτέρου δωροφαγότατος δωροφαγοτάτου
Adverb δωροφάγως δωροφαγότερον δωροφαγότατα

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

  • τῆσ δὲ Δίκησ ῥόθοσ ἑλκομένησ, ᾗ κ’ ἄνδρεσ ἄγωσι δωροφάγοι, σκολιῇσ δὲ δίκῃσ κρίνωσι θέμιστασ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 27:8)
  • ταῦτα φυλασσόμενοι, βασιλῆσ, ἰθύνετε δίκασ δωροφάγοι, σκολιέων δὲ δικέων ἐπὶ πάγχυ λάθεσθε. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 30:7)

Synonyms

  1. greedy of presents

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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