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ἐπίγρυπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίγρυπος ἐπίγρυπον

Structure: ἐπιγρυπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat hooked

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπίγρυπος ἐπίγρυπον
Genitive ἐπιγρύπου ἐπιγρύπου
Dative ἐπιγρύπῳ ἐπιγρύπῳ
Accusative ἐπίγρυπον ἐπίγρυπον
Vocative ἐπίγρυπε ἐπίγρυπον
DualN/A/V ἐπιγρύπω ἐπιγρύπω
G/D ἐπιγρύποιν ἐπιγρύποιν
PluralNominative ἐπίγρυποι ἐπίγρυπα
Genitive ἐπιγρύπων ἐπιγρύπων
Dative ἐπιγρύποις ἐπιγρύποις
Accusative ἐπιγρύπους ἐπίγρυπα
Vocative ἐπίγρυποι ἐπίγρυπα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπίγρυπος ἐπιγρύπου ἐπιγρυπώτερος ἐπιγρυπωτέρου ἐπιγρυπώτατος ἐπιγρυπωτάτου
Adverb ἐπιγρύπως ἐπιγρυπώτερον ἐπιγρυπώτατα

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

  • ἔστι δὲ τῶν δήμων Πιτθεύσ, εἴ τινα νῷ ἔχεισ Πιτθέα Μέλητον οἱο͂ν τετανότριχα καὶ οὐ πάνυ εὐγένειον, ἐπίγρυπον δέ. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 3:10)
  • ὁ μὲν τοίνυν αὐτοῖν ἐν τῇ καλλίονι στάσει ὢν τό τε εἶδοσ ὀρθὸσ καὶ διηρθρωμένοσ, ὑψαύχην, ἐπίγρυποσ, λευκὸσ ἰδεῖν, μελανόμματοσ, τιμῆσ ἐραστὴσ μετὰ σωφροσύνησ τε καὶ αἰδοῦσ, καὶ ἀληθινῆσ δόξησ ἑταῖροσ, ἄπληκτοσ, κελεύσματι μόνον καὶ λόγῳ ἡνιοχεῖται· (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 184:3)
  • μέλαινα δεινῶσ πᾶσα, σκέλεα δὲ φορέει γεράνου, πρόσωπον δὲ ἐσ τὰ μάλιστα ἐπίγρυπον, μέγαθοσ ὅσον κρέξ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 76 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. somewhat hooked

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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