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ἐπισπαστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπισπαστός ἐπισπαστή ἐπισπαστόν

Structure: ἐπισπαστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pispa/w

Sense

  1. drawn upon oneself
  2. tight-drawn

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπισπαστός ἐπισπαστή ἐπισπαστόν
Genitive ἐπισπαστοῦ ἐπισπαστῆς ἐπισπαστοῦ
Dative ἐπισπαστῷ ἐπισπαστῇ ἐπισπαστῷ
Accusative ἐπισπαστόν ἐπισπαστήν ἐπισπαστόν
Vocative ἐπισπαστέ ἐπισπαστή ἐπισπαστόν
DualN/A/V ἐπισπαστώ ἐπισπαστᾱ́ ἐπισπαστώ
G/D ἐπισπαστοῖν ἐπισπασταῖν ἐπισπαστοῖν
PluralNominative ἐπισπαστοί ἐπισπασταί ἐπισπαστά
Genitive ἐπισπαστῶν ἐπισπαστῶν ἐπισπαστῶν
Dative ἐπισπαστοῖς ἐπισπασταῖς ἐπισπαστοῖς
Accusative ἐπισπαστούς ἐπισπαστᾱ́ς ἐπισπαστά
Vocative ἐπισπαστοί ἐπισπασταί ἐπισπαστά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπισπαστός ἐπισπαστοῦ ἐπισπαστότερος ἐπισπαστοτεροῦ ἐπισπαστότατος ἐπισπαστοτατοῦ
Adverb ἐπισπαστώς ἐπισπαστότερον ἐπισπαστότατα

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

  • ὁμιλίη γυναικὸσ κεφαλῇ, νεύροισ, κακὸν ἐπίσπαστον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 65)
  • "ἦ τάχα Ἶροσ Αἴ̈ροσ ἐπίσπαστον κακὸν ἕξει, οἱήν ἐκ ῥακέων ὁ γέρων ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 14:1)
  • μὴ ἰόμεν, μή πού τισ ἐπίσπαστον κακὸν εὑρ́ῃ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 24 50:7)

Synonyms

  1. drawn upon oneself

  2. tight-drawn

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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