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ἕκμηνος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: hekmēnos

Principal Part: ἕκμηνος ἕκμηνον

Structure: ἑκμην (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ἕξ, μήν

Sense

  1. of six months, half-yearly

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἕκμηνος ἕκμηνον
Genitive ἑκμήνου ἑκμήνου
Dative ἑκμήνῳ ἑκμήνῳ
Accusative ἕκμηνον ἕκμηνον
Vocative ἕκμηνε ἕκμηνον
DualN/A/V ἑκμήνω ἑκμήνω
G/D ἑκμήνοιν ἑκμήνοιν
PluralNominative ἕκμηνοι ἕκμηνα
Genitive ἑκμήνων ἑκμήνων
Dative ἑκμήνοις ἑκμήνοις
Accusative ἑκμήνους ἕκμηνα
Vocative ἕκμηνοι ἕκμηνα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἕκμηνος 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 προΐστανται χρείας. (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 34 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. of six months

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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