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ἐγγώνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγγώνιος ἐγγώνιον

Structure: ἐγγωνι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gwni/a

Sense

  1. forming an angle, a right angle, square

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐγγώνιος ἐγγώνιον
Genitive ἐγγωνίου ἐγγωνίου
Dative ἐγγωνίῳ ἐγγωνίῳ
Accusative ἐγγώνιον ἐγγώνιον
Vocative ἐγγώνιε ἐγγώνιον
DualN/A/V ἐγγωνίω ἐγγωνίω
G/D ἐγγωνίοιν ἐγγωνίοιν
PluralNominative ἐγγώνιοι ἐγγώνια
Genitive ἐγγωνίων ἐγγωνίων
Dative ἐγγωνίοις ἐγγωνίοις
Accusative ἐγγωνίους ἐγγώνια
Vocative ἐγγώνιοι ἐγγώνια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐγγώνιος ἐγγωνίου ἐγγωνιότερος ἐγγωνιοτέρου ἐγγωνιότατος ἐγγωνιοτάτου
Adverb ἐγγωνίως ἐγγωνιότερον ἐγγωνιότατα

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

  • Χερσὶ μὲν ον ὀρθῶσ κατὰ μέρεα‧ καρπὸν δὲ καὶ ἀγκῶνα ἀπόχρη διαναγκάζε, καρπὸν μὲν ἐσ ἰθὺ ἀγκῶνοσ, ἀγκῶνα δὲ ἐγγώνιον πρὸσ βροχίονα ἔχοντα, οἱο͂ν παρὰ τῷ βραχίονι τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν χεῖρα ὑποτεινόμεον. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., MOXLIKOS., 38.3)

Synonyms

  1. forming an angle

Related

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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