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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

  • ἐγυμνάζοντο δὲ πρὸσ ὀρνεοθηρευτικήν, καὶ τὴν πελειάδα τῇ μηρίνθῳ κρεμῶντεσ ἀπὸ νηὸσ ἱστοῦ καὶ τοξεύοντεσ ἑκηβόλωσ εἰσ αὐτήν, ὡσ ἐν τῷ ἐπιταφίῳ δηλοῦται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 46 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. far-darting

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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