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ἐπάργυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπάργυρος ἐπάργυρον

Structure: ἐπαργυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. overlaid with silver

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπάργυρος ἐπάργυρον
Genitive ἐπαργύρου ἐπαργύρου
Dative ἐπαργύρῳ ἐπαργύρῳ
Accusative ἐπάργυρον ἐπάργυρον
Vocative ἐπάργυρε ἐπάργυρον
DualN/A/V ἐπαργύρω ἐπαργύρω
G/D ἐπαργύροιν ἐπαργύροιν
PluralNominative ἐπάργυροι ἐπάργυρα
Genitive ἐπαργύρων ἐπαργύρων
Dative ἐπαργύροις ἐπαργύροις
Accusative ἐπαργύρους ἐπάργυρα
Vocative ἐπάργυροι ἐπάργυρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπάργυρος ἐπαργύρου ἐπαργυρώτερος ἐπαργυρωτέρου ἐπαργυρώτατος ἐπαργυρωτάτου
Adverb ἐπαργύρως ἐπαργυρώτερον ἐπαργυρώτατα

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

  • κτήνεά τε γὰρ τὰ θύσιμα πάντα τρισχίλια ἔθυσε, κλίνασ τε ἐπιχρύσουσ καὶ ἐπαργύρουσ καὶ φιάλασ χρυσέασ καὶ εἵματα πορφύρεα καὶ κιθῶνασ, νήσασ πυρὴν μεγάλην, κατέκαιε, ἐλπίζων τὸν θεὸν μᾶλλον τι τούτοισι ἀνακτήσεσθαι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 50 2:2)
  • οἳ δὲ ἀνὰ τὸ στρατόπεδον σκιδνάμενοι εὑρ́ισκον σκηνὰσ κατεσκευασμένασ χρυσῷ καὶ ἀργύρῳ, κλίνασ τε ἐπιχρύσουσ καὶ ἐπαργύρουσ, κρητῆράσ τε χρυσέουσ καὶ φιάλασ τε καὶ ἄλλα ἐκπώματα· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 9, chapter 80 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. overlaid with silver

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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