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ἕνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕνος ἕνη ἕνον

Structure: ἑν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. belonging to the former of two periods, last year's

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • ἄτοπον γὰρ τὸ ἓν μὲν εἶναί τι πρῶτον τῶν ἑνῶν, ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνοί φασι, δυάδα δὲ τῶν δυάδων μή, μηδὲ τριάδα τῶν τριάδων· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 13 152:3)
  • μέγα τι θηρεύειν ἀρετάν, γυναιξὶ μὲν κατὰ Κύπριν κρυπτάν, ἐν ἀνδράσι δ’ αὖ κόσμοσ ἐνὼν ὁ μυριοπλη‐ θὴσ μείζω πόλιν αὔξει. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, choral, antistrophe 15)
  • τῶν ἀναγεγραμμένων ὡσαύτωσ πειρᾶσθαι διαιρεῖν, ἔτι δ’ ἔνια πράττεσθαι καὶ τὰσ ἀρχὰσ τάσ τε ἄλλασ καὶ τὰσ τῶν ἔνων μᾶλλον τὰσ νέασ, καὶ τὰσ τῶν ἐνεστώτων ἑτέρασ καταδικασάσησ ἑτέραν εἶναι τὴν πραττομένην, οἱο͂ν ἀστυνόμουσ τὰσ παρὰ τῶν ἀγορανόμων, τὰσ δὲ παρὰ τούτων ἑτέρουσ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 6 122:1)
  • ὠγαθέ, ἔφη, κατάμαθε ὅτι καὶ ὁ σὸσ νοῦσ ἐνὼν τὸ σὸν σῶμα ὅπωσ βούλεται μεταχειρίζεται. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 4 18:1)
  • ὅ γέ τοι φόβοσ οὐ μόνον αὐτὸσ ἐνὼν ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ λυπηρόσ ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντων τῶν ἡδέων συμπαρακολουθῶν λυμεὼν γίγνεται. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 6 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. belonging to the former of two periods

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