Hellas Alive Dictionary - εξαιφνης

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ἐξαίφνης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξαίφνης ἐξαίφνες

Structure: ἐξαιφνη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)/fnw

Sense

on a sudden, the moment he is dead

Declension

Third declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἐξαίφνης	έ̓ξαιφνες
	Genitive	ἐξαίφνους	ἐξαίφνους
	Dative	ἐξαίφνει	ἐξαίφνει
	Accusative	ἐξαίφνη	έ̓ξαιφνες
	Vocative	ἐξαῖφνες	έ̓ξαιφνες
Dual	N/A/V	ἐξαίφνει	ἐξαίφνει
Dual	G/D	ἐξαίφνοιν	ἐξαίφνοιν
Plural	Nominative	ἐξαίφνεις	ἐξαίφνη
	Genitive	ἐξαίφνων	ἐξαίφνων
	Dative	ἐξαίφνεσιν*	ἐξαίφνεσιν*
	Accusative	ἐξαίφνεις	ἐξαίφνη
	Vocative	ἐξαίφνεις	ἐξαίφνη

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἐξαίφνης ἐξαίφνους	ἐξαιφνέστερος ἐξαιφνεστέρου	ἐξαιφνέστατος ἐξαιφνεστάτου
Adverb	ἐξαιφνέως	ἐξαιφνέστερον	ἐξαιφνέστατα

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

τοῖσ δὲ Ἰουδαίοισ ἀνήκεστον πένθοσ ἦν καὶ πανόδυρτοσ μετὰ δακρύων βοή, στεναγμοῖσ πεπυρωμένησ τῆσ αὐτῶν πάντοθεν καρδίασ, ὀλοφυρομένων τὴν ἀπροσδόκητον ἐξαίφνησ ἐπικριθεῖσαν αὐτοῖσ ὀλεθρίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 4:2)
ἐξαίφνησ πνεῦμα μέγα ἐπῆλθεν ἐκ τῆσ ἐρήμου καὶ ἥψατο τῶν τεσσάρων γωνιῶν τῆσ οἰκίασ, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἡ οἰκία ἐπὶ τὰ παιδία σου, καὶ ἐτελεύτησαν. ἐσώθην δὲ ἐγὼ μόνοσ καὶ ἦλθον τοῦ ἀπαγγεῖλαί σοι. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 1:19)
ἐξαίφνησ γὰρ τίσονται τοὺσ ἀσεβεῖσ, τὰσ δὲ τιμωρίασ ἀμφοτέρων τίσ γνώσεται̣ . (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:22)
διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ λογίζομαι ἐπὶ τὴν φυλὴν ταύτην κακά, ἐξ ὧν οὐ μὴ ἄρητε τοὺσ τραχήλουσ ὑμῶν καὶ οὐ μὴ πορευθῆτε ὀρθοὶ ἐξαίφνησ, ὅτι καιρὸσ πονηρόσ ἐστιν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Michaeae 2:3)
ὅτι ἐξαίφνησ ἀναστήσονται δάκνοντεσ αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκνήψουσιν οἱ ἐπίβουλοί σου, καὶ ἔσῃ εἰσ διαρπαγὴν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Habacuc 2:7)

Synonyms

on a sudden
- ὑπόγυιος (sudden, off hand, on the spur of the moment)

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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Sense

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on a sudden

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