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ἐκπρεπής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκπρεπής ἐκπρεπές

Structure: ἐκπρεπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)kpre/pw

Sense

  1. distinguished out of all, preeminent, remarkable
  2. unseemly, monstrous, without reasonable grounds

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐκπρεπής έ̓κπρεπες
Genitive ἐκπρεπούς ἐκπρέπους
Dative ἐκπρεπεί ἐκπρέπει
Accusative ἐκπρεπή έ̓κπρεπες
Vocative ἐκπρεπές έ̓κπρεπες
DualN/A/V ἐκπρεπεί ἐκπρέπει
G/D ἐκπρεποίν ἐκπρέποιν
PluralNominative ἐκπρεπείς ἐκπρέπη
Genitive ἐκπρεπών ἐκπρέπων
Dative ἐκπρεπέσιν* ἐκπρέπεσιν*
Accusative ἐκπρεπείς ἐκπρέπη
Vocative ἐκπρεπείς ἐκπρέπη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐκπρεπής ἐκπρεπούς ἐκπρεπέστερος ἐκπρεπεστέρου ἐκπρεπέστατος ἐκπρεπεστάτου
Adverb ἐκπρεπέως ἐκπρεπέστερον ἐκπρεπέστατα

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

  • φωστὴρ γὰρ εἶ σὺ καὶ λόγων καὶ τῶν νόμων, νόμοισ δικάζων καὶ λόγοισιν ἐκπρέπων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 359 1:1)
  • μέταλλα δὲ λίθου λευκοῦ τε καὶ ποικίλου γλαυκίζοντοσ τοσαῦτά τ’ ἐστὶ καὶ τηλικαῦτα, μονολίθουσ ἐκδιδόντα πλάκασ καὶ στύλουσ, ὥστε τὰ πλεῖστα τῶν ἐκπρεπῶν ἔργων τῶν ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ καὶ ταῖσ ἄλλαισ πόλεσιν ἐντεῦθεν ἔχειν τὴν χορηγίαν· (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 2 10:9)

Synonyms

  1. distinguished out of all

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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