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εἰροκόμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰροκόμος εἰροκόμον

Structure: εἰροκομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kome/w

Sense

  1. dressing wool

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εἰροκόμος εἰρόκομον
Genitive εἰροκόμου εἰροκόμου
Dative εἰροκόμῳ εἰροκόμῳ
Accusative εἰροκόμον εἰρόκομον
Vocative εἰροκόμε εἰρόκομον
DualN/A/V εἰροκόμω εἰροκόμω
G/D εἰροκόμοιν εἰροκόμοιν
PluralNominative εἰροκόμοι εἰρόκομα
Genitive εἰροκόμων εἰροκόμων
Dative εἰροκόμοις εἰροκόμοις
Accusative εἰροκόμους εἰρόκομα
Vocative εἰροκόμοι εἰρόκομα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εἰροκόμος εἰροκόμου εἰροκομότερος εἰροκομοτέρου εἰροκομότατος εἰροκομοτάτου
Adverb εἰροκόμως εἰροκομότερον εἰροκομότατα

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

  • γρηὶ δέ μιν εἰκυῖα παλαιγενέι προσέειπεν εἰροκόμῳ, ἣ οἱ Λακεδαίμονι ναιεταούσῃ ἤσκειν εἴρια καλά. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 17 1:2)
  • καὶ πήνασ, καὶ τόνδε φιληλάκατον καλαθίσκον, στάμονοσ ἀσκητοῦ καὶ τολύπασ φύλακα, παῖσ ἀγαθοῦ Τελέσιλλα Διοκλέοσ ἁ φιλοεργὸσ εἰροκόμων Κούρᾳ θήκατο δεσπότιδι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 160 1:1)
  • χειρὶ δὲ νεκταρέου ἑανοῦ ἐτίναξε λαβοῦσα, γρηὶ̈ δέ μιν ἐϊκυῖα παλαιγενέϊ προσέειπεν εἰροκόμῳ, ἥ οἱ Λακεδαίμονι ναιετοώσῃ ἤσκειν εἴρια καλά, μάλιστα δέ μιν φιλέεσκε· (Homer, Iliad, Book 3 44:3)

Synonyms

  1. dressing wool

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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