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ἐπιμηθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιμηθής ἐπιμηθές

Structure: ἐπιμηθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mh=dos

Sense

  1. thoughtful

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπιμηθής ἐπίμηθες
Genitive ἐπιμηθούς ἐπιμήθους
Dative ἐπιμηθεί ἐπιμήθει
Accusative ἐπιμηθή ἐπίμηθες
Vocative ἐπιμηθές ἐπίμηθες
DualN/A/V ἐπιμηθεί ἐπιμήθει
G/D ἐπιμηθοίν ἐπιμήθοιν
PluralNominative ἐπιμηθείς ἐπιμήθη
Genitive ἐπιμηθών ἐπιμήθων
Dative ἐπιμηθέσιν* ἐπιμήθεσιν*
Accusative ἐπιμηθείς ἐπιμήθη
Vocative ἐπιμηθείς ἐπιμήθη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπιμηθής ἐπιμηθούς ἐπιμηθέστερος ἐπιμηθεστέρου ἐπιμηθέστατος ἐπιμηθεστάτου
Adverb ἐπιμηθέως ἐπιμηθέστερον ἐπιμηθέστατα

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

  • καὶ μὴν ὁ Ἡσίοδοσ τὸν Προμηθέα ποιῶν τῷ Ἐπιμηθεῖ παρακελευόμενον μή ποτε δῶρα δέξασθαι πὰρ Ζηνὸσ Ὀλυμπίου ἀλλ’ ἀποπέμπειν ἐπὶ τῇ τῆσ τύχησ δυνάμει τῷ τοῦ Διὸσ ὀνόματι κέχρηται· (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 6 27:2)
  • ἐπειδὴ δ’ ἄγειν αὐτὰ πρὸσ φῶσ ἔμελλον, προσέταξαν Προμηθεῖ καὶ Ἐπιμηθεῖ κοσμῆσαί τε καὶ νεῖμαι δυνάμεισ ἑκάστοισ ὡσ πρέπει. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 100:1)

Synonyms

  1. thoughtful

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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