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ἐπίγαμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίγαμος ἐπίγαμον

Structure: ἐπιγαμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: game/w

Sense

  1. marriageable

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπίγαμος ἐπίγαμον
Genitive ἐπιγάμου ἐπιγάμου
Dative ἐπιγάμῳ ἐπιγάμῳ
Accusative ἐπίγαμον ἐπίγαμον
Vocative ἐπίγαμε ἐπίγαμον
DualN/A/V ἐπιγάμω ἐπιγάμω
G/D ἐπιγάμοιν ἐπιγάμοιν
PluralNominative ἐπίγαμοι ἐπίγαμα
Genitive ἐπιγάμων ἐπιγάμων
Dative ἐπιγάμοις ἐπιγάμοις
Accusative ἐπιγάμους ἐπίγαμα
Vocative ἐπίγαμοι ἐπίγαμα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπίγαμος ἐπιγάμου ἐπιγαμώτερος ἐπιγαμωτέρου ἐπιγαμώτατος ἐπιγαμωτάτου
Adverb ἐπιγάμως ἐπιγαμώτερον ἐπιγαμώτατα

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

  • θυγατέρεσ ἐπίγαμοι φροντίδοσ οὐ μικρᾶσ δεόμεναι τοῖσ ἔχουσι καὶ γοναὶ παίδων ἀρρένων, οἷσ ὀφείλεται τὰ δίκαια φύσεωσ προγόνων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 40 10:1)
  • μάλιστα δὲ τοὺσ παρόντασ εἰσ δάκρυα καὶ συμπάθειαν ἤγαγεν ἡ Δαρείου μήτηρ καὶ γυνὴ καὶ δύο θυγατέρεσ ἐπίγαμοι καὶ υἱὸσ παῖσ τὴν ἡλικίαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 36 2:1)
  • ὅσοι μὲν δὴ ἔσκον εὐδαίμονεσ τῶν Βαβυλωνίων ἐπίγαμοι, ὑπερβάλλοντεσ ἀλλήλουσ ἐξωνέοντο τὰσ καλλιστευούσασ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 196 3:3)
  • ὅσοι δὲ τοῦ δήμου ἔσκον ἐπίγαμοι, οὗτοι δὲ εἴδεοσ μὲν οὐδὲν ἐδέοντο χρηστοῦ, οἳ δ’ ἂν χρήματά τε καὶ αἰσχίονασ παρθένουσ ἐλάμβανον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 196 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. marriageable

Related

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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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