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ἐγχεσίμωρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγχεσίμωρος ἐγχεσίμωρον

Structure: ἐγχεσιμωρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: The deriv. of -mwros is uncertain, cf. i)o/mwros, u(lako/mwros.

Sense

  1. eager with the spear

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐγχεσίμωρος ἐγχεσίμωρον
Genitive ἐγχεσιμώρου ἐγχεσιμώρου
Dative ἐγχεσιμώρῳ ἐγχεσιμώρῳ
Accusative ἐγχεσίμωρον ἐγχεσίμωρον
Vocative ἐγχεσίμωρε ἐγχεσίμωρον
DualN/A/V ἐγχεσιμώρω ἐγχεσιμώρω
G/D ἐγχεσιμώροιν ἐγχεσιμώροιν
PluralNominative ἐγχεσίμωροι ἐγχεσίμωρα
Genitive ἐγχεσιμώρων ἐγχεσιμώρων
Dative ἐγχεσιμώροις ἐγχεσιμώροις
Accusative ἐγχεσιμώρους ἐγχεσίμωρα
Vocative ἐγχεσίμωροι ἐγχεσίμωρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐγχεσίμωρος ἐγχεσιμώρου ἐγχεσιμωρότερος ἐγχεσιμωροτέρου ἐγχεσιμωρότατος ἐγχεσιμωροτάτου
Adverb ἐγχεσιμώρως ἐγχεσιμωρότερον ἐγχεσιμωρότατα

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

  • Κύλλοσ καὶ Λεῦροσ, δύο Θεσσαλοὶ ἐγχεσίμωροι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 161)
  • αἲ γὰρ Ζεῦ τε πάτερ καὶ Ἀθηναίη καὶ Ἄπολλον ἡβῷμ’ ὡσ ὅτ’ ἐπ’ ὠκυρόῳ Κελάδοντι μάχοντο ἀγρόμενοι Πύλιοί τε καὶ Ἀρκάδεσ ἐγχεσίμωροι Φειᾶσ πὰρ τείχεσσιν Ιἀρδάνου ἀμφὶ ῥέεθρα. (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 14:1)

Synonyms

  1. eager with the spear

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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