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ἐγχέλειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγχέλειος ἐγχέλειᾱ ἐγχέλειον

Structure: ἐγχελει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of an eel, eel's flesh

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἐγχέλειος ἐγχελείᾱ ἐγχέλειον
Genitive ἐγχελείου ἐγχελείᾱς ἐγχελείου
Dative ἐγχελείῳ ἐγχελείᾱͅ ἐγχελείῳ
Accusative ἐγχέλειον ἐγχελείᾱν ἐγχέλειον
Vocative ἐγχέλειε ἐγχελείᾱ ἐγχέλειον
DualN/A/V ἐγχελείω ἐγχελείᾱ ἐγχελείω
G/D ἐγχελείοιν ἐγχελείαιν ἐγχελείοιν
PluralNominative ἐγχέλειοι ἐγχέλειαι ἐγχέλεια
Genitive ἐγχελείων ἐγχελειῶν ἐγχελείων
Dative ἐγχελείοις ἐγχελείαις ἐγχελείοις
Accusative ἐγχελείους ἐγχελείᾱς ἐγχέλεια
Vocative ἐγχέλειοι ἐγχέλειαι ἐγχέλεια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐγχέλειος ἐγχελείου ἐγχελειώτερος ἐγχελειωτέρου ἐγχελειώτατος ἐγχελειωτάτου
Adverb ἐγχελείως ἐγχελειώτερον ἐγχελειώτατα

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

  • πλησίον δέ που καὶ τὰ ἀργυρεῖα τὰ ἐν Δαμαστίῳ, περὶ ἃ Δυέσται συνεστήσαντο τὴν δυναστείαν καὶ Ἐγχέλειοι, οὓσ καὶ Σεσαρηθίουσ καλοῦσι· (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 7 16:5)

Synonyms

  1. of an eel

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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