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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

  • οἱ δὲ συμφοροῦντεσ φακέλλουσ φρυγάνων καὶ παρὰ τοῖσ ἀποτόμοισ τῆσ πέτρασ βωμοὺσ ἐγείροντεσ ὑψηλοὺσ ὑφῆπτον ἀνέμῳ παραδιδόντεσ τὰσ φλόγασ ἐπιφόρῳ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 16 6:3)
  • ἡνίκα γὰρ ἔφευγεν ἐκ Κρήτησ πλοῖα οὐ μεγάλα αὑτῷ καὶ τῷ παιδὶ Ἰκάρῳ ποιησάμενοσ, πρὸσ δὲ καὶ ταῖσ ναυσίν, ὃ μή πω τοῖσ τότε ἐξεύρητο, ἱστία ἐπιτεχνησάμενοσ, ὡσ τοῦ Μίνω ναυτικοῦ τὴν εἰρεσίαν φθάνοιεν ἐπιφόρῳ τῷ ἀνέμῳ χρώμενοι, τότε αὐτὸσ μὲν σώζεται Δαίδαλοσ, Ἰκάρῳ δὲ κυβερνῶντι ἀμαθέστερον ἀνατραπῆναι τὴν ναῦν λέγουσιν· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 11 7:4)

Synonyms

  1. sloping

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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