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ἐπιβριθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιβριθής ἐπιβριθές

Structure: ἐπιβριθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pibri_/qw

Sense

  1. falling heavy upon

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπιβριθής ἐπίβριθες
Genitive ἐπιβριθούς ἐπιβρίθους
Dative ἐπιβριθεί ἐπιβρίθει
Accusative ἐπιβριθή ἐπίβριθες
Vocative ἐπιβριθές ἐπίβριθες
DualN/A/V ἐπιβριθεί ἐπιβρίθει
G/D ἐπιβριθοίν ἐπιβρίθοιν
PluralNominative ἐπιβριθείς ἐπιβρίθη
Genitive ἐπιβριθών ἐπιβρίθων
Dative ἐπιβριθέσιν* ἐπιβρίθεσιν*
Accusative ἐπιβριθείς ἐπιβρίθη
Vocative ἐπιβριθείς ἐπιβρίθη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπιβριθής ἐπιβριθούς ἐπιβριθέστερος ἐπιβριθεστέρου ἐπιβριθέστατος ἐπιβριθεστάτου
Adverb ἐπιβριθέως ἐπιβριθέστερον ἐπιβριθέστατα

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

  • ἀνδροκμῆτασ δ’ ἀώρ‐ ουσ ἀπεννέπω τύχασ, νεανίδων τ’ ἐπηράτων ἀνδροτυχεῖσ βιότουσ δότε, κύρι’ ἔχοντεσ, θεαί τ’ ὦ Μοῖραι ματροκασιγνῆται, δαίμονεσ ὀρθονόμοι, παντὶ δόμῳ μετάκοινοι, παντὶ χρόνῳ δ’ ἐπιβριθεῖσ ἐνδίκοισ ὁμιλίαισ, πάντᾳ τιμιώταται θεῶν. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, strophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. falling heavy upon

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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