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εἱανός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἱανός εἱανή εἱανόν

Structure: εἱαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: epic for e(ano/s, Il.

Sense

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative εἱανός εἱανή εἱανόν
Genitive εἱανοῦ εἱανῆς εἱανοῦ
Dative εἱανῷ εἱανῇ εἱανῷ
Accusative εἱανόν εἱανήν εἱανόν
Vocative εἱανέ εἱανή εἱανόν
DualN/A/V εἱανώ εἱανᾱ́ εἱανώ
G/D εἱανοῖν εἱαναῖν εἱανοῖν
PluralNominative εἱανοί εἱαναί εἱανά
Genitive εἱανῶν εἱανῶν εἱανῶν
Dative εἱανοῖς εἱαναῖς εἱανοῖς
Accusative εἱανούς εἱανᾱ́ς εἱανά
Vocative εἱανοί εἱαναί εἱανά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εἱανός εἱανοῦ εἱανότερος εἱανοτεροῦ εἱανότατος εἱανοτατοῦ
Adverb εἱανώς εἱανότερον εἱανότατα

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

  • ἐστιν οὐ μὴν ἀγήρωσ οὐδ’ αὐτάρκησ, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ πολυωρίασ δεομένη καὶ βοηθείασ καὶ φροντίδοσ ἐπισπᾶται καὶ κατέχει τὸν πολιτικὸν εἱανοῦ ἁπτομένη καὶ τ’ ἐσσύμενον κατερύκει. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 17 2:1)
  • τίπτε δεδάκρυσαι Πατρόκλεεσ, ἠύ̈τε κούρη νηπίη, ἥ θ’ ἅμα μητρὶ θέουσ’ ἀνελέσθαι ἀνώγει εἱανοῦ ἁπτομένη, καί τ’ ἐσσυμένην κατερύκει, δακρυόεσσα δέ μιν ποτιδέρκεται, ὄφρ’ ἀνέληται· (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 2:4)

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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