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ἕκμηνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕκμηνος ἕκμηνον

Structure: ἑκμην (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/c, mh/n

Sense

of six months, half-yearly

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	έ̔κμηνος	έ̔κμηνον
	Genitive	ἑκμήνου	ἑκμήνου
	Dative	ἑκμήνῳ	ἑκμήνῳ
	Accusative	έ̔κμηνον	έ̔κμηνον
	Vocative	έ̔κμηνε	έ̔κμηνον
Dual	N/A/V	ἑκμήνω	ἑκμήνω
Dual	G/D	ἑκμήνοιν	ἑκμήνοιν
Plural	Nominative	έ̔κμηνοι	έ̔κμηνα
	Genitive	ἑκμήνων	ἑκμήνων
	Dative	ἑκμήνοις	ἑκμήνοις
	Accusative	ἑκμήνους	έ̔κμηνα
	Vocative	έ̔κμηνοι	έ̔κμηνα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	έ̔κμηνος ἑκμήνου	ἑκμηνότερος ἑκμηνοτέρου	ἑκμηνότατος ἑκμηνοτάτου
Adverb	ἑκμήνως	ἑκμηνότερον	ἑκμηνότατα

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

εὖ γὰρ οἶδ’ ὅτι κάτοιδεν, ἦμοσ τῷ Κιθαιρῶνοσ τόπῳ, ὁ μὲν διπλοῖσι ποιμνίοισ, ἐγὼ δ’ ἑνί, ἐπλησίαζον τῷδε τἀνδρὶ τρεῖσ ὅλουσ ἐξ ἦροσ εἰσ ἀρκτοῦρον ἑκμήνουσ χρόνουσ· (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode23)
ἐὰν δέ τισ ἰδιώτῃ τι τῶν τοιούτων ἀποδῶται δημιουργόσ, ὁ πριάμενοσ ἐντὸσ ἑκμήνου ἀναγέτω, πλὴν τῆσ ἱερᾶσ, ταύτησ δ’ ἐντὸσ ἐνιαυτοῦ τὴν ἀναγωγὴν ἐξέστω ποιεῖσθαι τῆσ νόσου. (Plato, Laws, book 11 21:1)
κατὰ δύο γὰρ σφᾶσ αὐτοὺσ διελόντεσ ἀνὰ μέροσ τῆσ ἑκμήνου τὴν δίμηνον ἄρχουσι, καὶ πάσησ οἱ λαχόντεσ τῆσ ἐν τοῖσ ὑπαίθροισ προί̈στανται χρείασ. (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 34 3:2)

Synonyms

of six months
- ἑξάμηνος (of, lasting six months, a half-year)

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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ἕκμηνος

Sense

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of six months

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Sense

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of six months

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