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ἐμφερής?

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: empherēs

Principal Part: ἐμφερής ἐμφερές

Structure: ἐμφερη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ἐμφέρω

Sense

  1. answering to, resembling

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐμφερής ἔμφερες
Genitive ἐμφερούς ἐμφέρους
Dative ἐμφερεί ἐμφέρει
Accusative ἐμφερή ἔμφερες
Vocative ἐμφερές ἔμφερες
DualN/A/V ἐμφερεί ἐμφέρει
G/D ἐμφεροίν ἐμφέροιν
PluralNominative ἐμφερείς ἐμφέρη
Genitive ἐμφερών ἐμφέρων
Dative ἐμφερέσι(ν) ἐμφέρεσι(ν)
Accusative ἐμφερείς ἐμφέρη
Vocative ἐμφερείς ἐμφέρη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐμφερής ἐμφερούς ἐμφερέστερος ἐμφερεστέρου ἐμφερέστατος ἐμφερεστάτου
Adverb ἐμφερέως ἐμφερέστερον ἐμφερέστατα

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

  • "εἶχεν δὲ καὶ δᾷδα ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ καὶ ξίφος ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ ὅσον εἰκοσάπηχυ, καὶ τὰ μὲν ἔνερθεν ὀφιόπους ἦν, τὰ δὲ ἄνω Γοργόνι ἐμφερής, τὸ βλέμμα φημὶ καὶ τὸ φρικῶδες τῆς προσόψεως, καὶ ἀντὶ τῆς κόμης τοὺς δράκοντας βοστρυχηδὸν καθεῖτο εἰλουμένους περὶ τὸν αὐχένα καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἐνίους ἐσπειραμένους. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 20:4)
  • ἢν ἐπιμελὴς ὦ καὶ προθύμως μανθάνω, τῷ τῶν μαθητῶν ἐμφερὴς γενήσομαι· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Episode27)
  • πολλαχοῦ σκοποῦντες ἡμᾶς εἰς ἅπανθ εὑρήσετε τοὺς τρόπους καὶ τὴν δίαιταν σφηξὶν ἐμφερεστάτους. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parabasis, antepirrheme1)
  • "χρήσιμος καὶ ὁ Πριούερνος λεπτομερέστερος ὢν τοῦ Ῥηγίνου ἥκιστά τε καθαπτόμενος κεφαλῆς, τούτῳ ἐμφερὴς ὁ Φορμιανός, ταχὺ δὲ ἀκμάζει καὶ λιπαρώτερός ἐστιν αὐτοῦ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4811)
  • "ὁ δὲ Στατανὸς τῶν πρώτων ἐστὶν οἴνων, ἐμφερὴς τῷ Φαλερίνῳ, κουφότερος, οὐ πληκτικός, ὁ Τιβουρτῖνος λεπτός, εὐδιάπνευστος, ἀκμάζων ἀπὸ ἐτῶν δέκα: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4813)
  • "Αἰκουανὸς κατὰ πολλὰ τῷ Συρεντίνῳ παρεμφερής, ὁ Βαρῖνος λίαν αὐστηρὸς καὶ ἀεὶ ἑαυτοῦ κρείττων γίνεται, εὐγενὴς καὶ ὁ Καυκῖνος καὶ τῷ Φαλερίνῳ ἐμφερής. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4832)

Synonyms

  1. answering to

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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