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ἔντροφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔντροφος ἔντροφον

Structure: ἐντροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)ntre/fw

Sense

  1. living in or acquainted with
  2. nursling

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative έ̓ντροφος έ̓ντροφον
Genitive ἐντρόφου ἐντρόφου
Dative ἐντρόφῳ ἐντρόφῳ
Accusative έ̓ντροφον έ̓ντροφον
Vocative έ̓ντροφε έ̓ντροφον
DualN/A/V ἐντρόφω ἐντρόφω
G/D ἐντρόφοιν ἐντρόφοιν
PluralNominative έ̓ντροφοι έ̓ντροφα
Genitive ἐντρόφων ἐντρόφων
Dative ἐντρόφοις ἐντρόφοις
Accusative ἐντρόφους έ̓ντροφα
Vocative έ̓ντροφοι έ̓ντροφα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̓ντροφος ἐντρόφου ἐντροφώτερος ἐντροφωτέρου ἐντροφώτατος ἐντροφωτάτου
Adverb ἐντρόφως ἐντροφώτερον ἐντροφώτατα

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

  • σὺ γάρ με μόχθῳ τῷδ’ ἔθηκασ ἔντροφον, σύ μ’ ἐξέωσασ, ἐκ σέθεν δ’ ἀλώμενοσ ἄλλουσ ἐπαιτῶ τὸν καθ’ ἡμέραν βίον. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 2:6)
  • ἔσκε δέ τι στιβαρὸν στύποσ ἀμπέλου ἔντροφον ὕλῃ, πρόχνυ γεράνδρυον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 19:25)

Synonyms

  1. living in or acquainted with

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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