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ἐπίφορος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίφορος ἐπίφορον

Structure: ἐπιφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pife/rw

Sense

  1. carrying towards, favourable
  2. sloping
  3. near the time of bringing forth

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπίφορος ἐπίφορον
Genitive ἐπιφόρου ἐπιφόρου
Dative ἐπιφόρῳ ἐπιφόρῳ
Accusative ἐπίφορον ἐπίφορον
Vocative ἐπίφορε ἐπίφορον
DualN/A/V ἐπιφόρω ἐπιφόρω
G/D ἐπιφόροιν ἐπιφόροιν
PluralNominative ἐπίφοροι ἐπίφορα
Genitive ἐπιφόρων ἐπιφόρων
Dative ἐπιφόροις ἐπιφόροις
Accusative ἐπιφόρους ἐπίφορα
Vocative ἐπίφοροι ἐπίφορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπίφορος ἐπιφόρου ἐπιφορώτερος ἐπιφορωτέρου ἐπιφορώτατος ἐπιφορωτάτου
Adverb ἐπιφόρως ἐπιφορώτερον ἐπιφορώτατα

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

  • "ταῦτα γὰρ οὐ ποιεῖ πρὸσ δεισιδαιμονίαν ἐπιφόρουσ, ὡσ ἔνιοί φασιν, ἀλλὰ προσεθίζει τὸ εὐχάριστον ἡμῶν καὶ κοινωνικὸν ἐν τοῖσ ἀναισθήτοισ καὶ ἀψύχοισ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 11:8)

Synonyms

  1. sloping

Related

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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