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ἔμπαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμπαιος ἔμπαιον

Structure: ἐμπαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Perh. from e)n, pa/omai.

Sense

  1. possessed of or practised in

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative έ̓μπαιος έ̓μπαιον
Genitive ἐμπαίου ἐμπαίου
Dative ἐμπαίῳ ἐμπαίῳ
Accusative έ̓μπαιον έ̓μπαιον
Vocative έ̓μπαιε έ̓μπαιον
DualN/A/V ἐμπαίω ἐμπαίω
G/D ἐμπαίοιν ἐμπαίοιν
PluralNominative έ̓μπαιοι έ̓μπαια
Genitive ἐμπαίων ἐμπαίων
Dative ἐμπαίοις ἐμπαίοις
Accusative ἐμπαίους έ̓μπαια
Vocative έ̓μπαιοι έ̓μπαια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̓μπαιος ἐμπαίου ἐμπαιώτερος ἐμπαιωτέρου ἐμπαιώτατος ἐμπαιωτάτου
Adverb ἐμπαίως ἐμπαιώτερον ἐμπαιώτατα

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

  • καὶ τόθ’ ἡγεμὼν ὁ πρέ‐ σβυσ νεῶν Ἀχαιικῶν, μάντιν οὔτινα ψέγων, ἐμπαίοισ τύχαισι συμπνέων, εὖτ’ ἀπλοίᾳ κεναγγεῖ βαρύ‐ νοντ’ Ἀχαιικὸσ λεώσ, Χαλκίδοσ πέραν ἔχων παλιρρόχ‐ θοισ ἐν Αὐλίδοσ τόποισ· (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, antistrophe 3 1:1)
  • ἤ ῥά νύ που τοιαῦτα καὶ αὐτῷ οἴκοθι κεῖται ἢ ὅ γ’ ἐφορμᾶται ποιησέμεν, ὡσ ἐνὶ χερσὶ νωμᾷ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα κακῶν ἔμπαιοσ ἀλήτησ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 21 53:2)

Synonyms

  1. possessed of or practised in

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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