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ἐγρήγορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγρήγορος ἐγρήγορος ἐγρήγορον

Structure: ἐγρηγορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. wakeful

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐγρήγορος ἐγρήγορον
Genitive ἐγρηγόρου ἐγρηγόρου
Dative ἐγρηγόρῳ ἐγρηγόρῳ
Accusative ἐγρήγορον ἐγρήγορον
Vocative ἐγρήγορε ἐγρήγορον
DualN/A/V ἐγρηγόρω ἐγρηγόρω
G/D ἐγρηγόροιν ἐγρηγόροιν
PluralNominative ἐγρήγοροι ἐγρήγορα
Genitive ἐγρηγόρων ἐγρηγόρων
Dative ἐγρηγόροις ἐγρηγόροις
Accusative ἐγρηγόρους ἐγρήγορα
Vocative ἐγρήγοροι ἐγρήγορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐγρήγορος ἐγρηγόρου ἐγρηγορότερος ἐγρηγοροτέρου ἐγρηγορότατος ἐγρηγοροτάτου
Adverb ἐγρηγόρως ἐγρηγορότερον ἐγρηγορότατα

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 εἶπε Κύριοσ πρόσ με. καλῶσ ἑώρακασ, διότι ἐγρήγορα ἐγὼ ἐπὶ τοὺσ λόγουσ μου τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 1:12)
  • ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐγρήγορα ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ τοῦ κακῶσαι αὐτοὺσ καὶ οὐκ ἀγαθῶσαι, καὶ ἐκλείψουσι πᾶσ Ἰούδα, οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἐν ρομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ, ἕωσ ἂν ἐκλίπωσι. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 51:27)
  • τί οὖν ποτε τὸ αἴτιον, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, ὅτι ἐγώ, ὅταν μέν τισ περὶ ἄλλου του ποιητοῦ διαλέγηται, οὔτε προσέχω τὸν νοῦν ἀδυνατῶ τε καὶ ὁτιοῦν συμβαλέσθαι λόγου ἄξιον, ἀλλ’ ἀτεχνῶσ νυστάζω, ἐπειδὰν δέ τισ περὶ Ὁμήρου μνησθῇ, εὐθύσ τε ἐγρήγορα καὶ προσέχω τὸν νοῦν καὶ εὐπορῶ ὅτι λέγω; (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 14:3)
  • "οὐδὲ γάρ, ὅταν ἐν τοῖσ ὕπνοισ φαντάζωμαι, ὅτι ἐγρήγορα". (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. wakeful

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