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ἔγκυος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔγκυος ἔγκυον

Structure: ἐγκυ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ku/w

Sense

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • γενομένησ δ’ ἐγκύου τῆσ γυναικὸσ καὶ πεμψάσησ πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα, ὅπωσ τῷ ἁμαρτήματι σκέψηταί τινα τοῦ λαθεῖν ὁδόν, ἀποθανεῖν γὰρ αὐτὴν κατὰ τοὺσ πατρίουσ καθήκει νόμουσ μεμοιχευμένην, μετακαλεῖται τὸν Ιωἄβου μὲν ὁπλοφόρον ἐκ τῆσ πολιορκίασ ἄνδρα δὲ τῆσ γυναικὸσ Οὐρίαν ὄνομα, καὶ παραγενόμενον περί τε τῆσ στρατιᾶσ καὶ τῆσ πολιορκίασ ἀνέκρινε. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 7 162:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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