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ἐξόφθαλμος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: exophthalmos

Principal Part: ἐξόφθαλμος ἐξόφθαλμον

Structure: ἐξοφθαλμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with prominent eyes

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐξόφθαλμος ἐξόφθαλμον
Genitive ἐξοφθάλμου ἐξοφθάλμου
Dative ἐξοφθάλμῳ ἐξοφθάλμῳ
Accusative ἐξόφθαλμον ἐξόφθαλμον
Vocative ἐξόφθαλμε ἐξόφθαλμον
DualN/A/V ἐξοφθάλμω ἐξοφθάλμω
G/D ἐξοφθάλμοιν ἐξοφθάλμοιν
PluralNominative ἐξόφθαλμοι ἐξόφθαλμα
Genitive ἐξοφθάλμων ἐξοφθάλμων
Dative ἐξοφθάλμοις ἐξοφθάλμοις
Accusative ἐξοφθάλμους ἐξόφθαλμα
Vocative ἐξόφθαλμοι ἐξόφθαλμα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐξόφθαλμος ἐξοφθάλμου ἐξοφθαλμότερος ἐξοφθαλμοτέρου ἐξοφθαλμότατος ἐξοφθαλμοτάτου
Adverb ἐξοφθάλμως ἐξοφθαλμότερον ἐξοφθαλμότατα

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

  • καὶ μὴν τὸ ἐξόφθαλμον εἶναι ἐγρηγορὸς μᾶλλον φαίνεται τοῦ κοιλοφθάλμου, καὶ ἐπὶ πλέον δ ἂν ὁ τοιοῦτος ὁρῴη. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 12:3)
  • ἀλλ ἐὰν δὴ μὴ μόνον τὸν ἔχοντα ῥῖνα καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς διανοηθῶ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν σιμόν τε καὶ ἐξόφθαλμον, μή τι σὲ αὖ μᾶλλον δοξάσω ἢ ἐμαυτὸν ἢ ὅσοι τοιοῦτοι· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 406:7)
  • Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ πολὺν μὲν χρόνον ἠπόρησαν διὰ τὸ δοκεῖν ἐξόφθαλμον εἶναι τὴν ἀλογίαν τῆς βοηθείας. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 10 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. with prominent eyes

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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