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ἐναγώνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐναγώνιος ἐναγώνιον

Structure: ἐναγωνι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or for a contest, who presided over games

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐναγώνιος ἐναγώνιον
Genitive ἐναγωνίου ἐναγωνίου
Dative ἐναγωνίῳ ἐναγωνίῳ
Accusative ἐναγώνιον ἐναγώνιον
Vocative ἐναγώνιε ἐναγώνιον
DualN/A/V ἐναγωνίω ἐναγωνίω
G/D ἐναγωνίοιν ἐναγωνίοιν
PluralNominative ἐναγώνιοι ἐναγώνια
Genitive ἐναγωνίων ἐναγωνίων
Dative ἐναγωνίοις ἐναγωνίοις
Accusative ἐναγωνίους ἐναγώνια
Vocative ἐναγώνιοι ἐναγώνια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐναγώνιος ἐναγωνίου ἐναγωνιότερος ἐναγωνιοτέρου ἐναγωνιότατος ἐναγωνιοτάτου
Adverb ἐναγωνίως ἐναγωνιότερον ἐναγωνιότατα

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

  • ὥστε ἔγωγε πυθόμενοσ ὡσ ἐπὶ τοιαύτῃ θέᾳ σχολάζοισ, οὐκ ᾐδέσθην μόνον ὑπὲρ σοῦ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἠνιάθην εἰ Πλάτωνοσ καὶ Χρυσίππου καὶ Ἀριστοτέλουσ ἐκλαθόμενοσ κάθησαι τὸ ὅμοιον πεπονθὼσ τοῖσ τὰ ὦτα πτερῷ κνωμένοισ, καὶ ταῦτα μυρίων ἄλλων ὄντων ἀκουσμάτων καὶ θεαμάτων σπουδαίων, εἰ τούτων τισ δέοιτο, τῶν κυκλίων αὐλητῶν καὶ τῶν κιθάρᾳ τὰ ἔννομα προσᾳδόντων, καὶ μάλιστα τῆσ σεμνῆσ τραγῳδίασ καὶ τῆσ φαιδροτάτησ κωμῳδίασ, ἅπερ καὶ ἐναγώνια εἶναι ἠξίωται. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 2:2)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐν ἀρχῇ καὶ προετίμησασ τῆσ ὀρχήσεωσ τὴν τραγῳδίαν καὶ κωμῳδίαν καὶ αὐλητὰσ κυκλίουσ καὶ κιθαρῳδίαν, ἐναγώνια ταῦτα καὶ διὰ τοῦτο σεμνὰ προσειπών, φέρε νῦν ἀντεξετάσωμεν τῇ ὀρχήσει ἕκαστον αὐτῶν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 26:2)

Synonyms

  1. of or for a contest

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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