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ἑκηβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑκηβόλος

Structure: ἑκηβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(ka/s, ba/llw

Sense

  1. far-darting, far-shooting

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἑκηβόλος ἑκήβολον
Genitive ἑκηβόλου ἑκηβόλου
Dative ἑκηβόλῳ ἑκηβόλῳ
Accusative ἑκηβόλον ἑκήβολον
Vocative ἑκηβόλε ἑκήβολον
DualN/A/V ἑκηβόλω ἑκηβόλω
G/D ἑκηβόλοιν ἑκηβόλοιν
PluralNominative ἑκηβόλοι ἑκήβολα
Genitive ἑκηβόλων ἑκηβόλων
Dative ἑκηβόλοις ἑκηβόλοις
Accusative ἑκηβόλους ἑκήβολα
Vocative ἑκηβόλοι ἑκήβολα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἑκηβόλος ἑκηβόλου ἑκηβολότερος ἑκηβολοτέρου ἑκηβολότατος ἑκηβολοτάτου
Adverb ἑκηβόλως ἑκηβολότερον ἑκηβολότατα

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 τὰ μὲν Ἑρμῆσ Λητοί̈δην ἐφίλησε διαμπερὲσ ὡσ ἔτι καὶ νῦν, σήματ’ ἐπεὶ κίθαριν μὲν Ἑκηβόλῳ ἐγγυάλιξεν ἱμερτήν, δεδαώσ, ὃ δ’ ἐπωλένιον κιθάριζεν· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 52:4)
  • Σκαῖοσ πυγμαχέων με ἑκηβόλῳ Ἀπόλλωνι νικήσασ ἀνέθηκε τεῒν περικαλλὲσ ἄγαλμα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 71)
  • ἐκ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ βαῖνον ἐπὶ ῥηγμῖνι θαλάσσησ, ἐκ δ’ ἑκατόμβην βῆσαν ἑκηβόλῳ Ἀπόλλωνι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 44:5)
  • εὐχόμενοσ δ’ ἄρα εἶπεν ἑκηβόλῳ Ἀπόλλωνι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 42:5)
  • ἦ γάρ ῥα πάλαι τό γε φίλτερον ἠε͂ν Ζηνί τε καὶ Διὸσ υἱῖ ἑκηβόλῳ, οἵ με πάροσ γε πρόφρονεσ εἰρύατο· (Homer, Iliad, Book 22 27:12)

Synonyms

  1. far-darting

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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