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ἔγκληρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔγκληρος ἔγκληρον

Structure: ἐγκληρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. having a lot or share in, an equal share with
  2. having a share, an inheritance, an heir, heiress
  3. which brings wealth, possessed as an inheritance

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative έ̓γκληρος έ̓γκληρον
Genitive ἐγκλήρου ἐγκλήρου
Dative ἐγκλήρῳ ἐγκλήρῳ
Accusative έ̓γκληρον έ̓γκληρον
Vocative έ̓γκληρε έ̓γκληρον
DualN/A/V ἐγκλήρω ἐγκλήρω
G/D ἐγκλήροιν ἐγκλήροιν
PluralNominative έ̓γκληροι έ̓γκληρα
Genitive ἐγκλήρων ἐγκλήρων
Dative ἐγκλήροις ἐγκλήροις
Accusative ἐγκλήρους έ̓γκληρα
Vocative έ̓γκληροι έ̓γκληρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̓γκληρος ἐγκλήρου ἐγκληρότερος ἐγκληροτέρου ἐγκληρότατος ἐγκληροτάτου
Adverb ἐγκλήρως ἐγκληρότερον ἐγκληρότατα

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

  • σὺ δ’ ἦσθα Θηβῶν τῶν φιλαρμάτων ἄναξ, ἔγκληρα πεδία τἀμὰ γῆσ κεκτημένοσ, ὡσ ἐξέπειθεσ τὸν κατασπείραντά σε· (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 1:13)

Synonyms

  1. having a lot or share in

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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