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ἐπίτονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίτονος ἐπίτονον

Structure: ἐπιτον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pitei/nw

Sense

  1. on the stretch, strained, a rope for stretching or tightening, the back-stay
  2. the sinews of the shoulder and arm

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπίτονος ἐπίτονον
Genitive ἐπιτόνου ἐπιτόνου
Dative ἐπιτόνῳ ἐπιτόνῳ
Accusative ἐπίτονον ἐπίτονον
Vocative ἐπίτονε ἐπίτονον
DualN/A/V ἐπιτόνω ἐπιτόνω
G/D ἐπιτόνοιν ἐπιτόνοιν
PluralNominative ἐπίτονοι ἐπίτονα
Genitive ἐπιτόνων ἐπιτόνων
Dative ἐπιτόνοις ἐπιτόνοις
Accusative ἐπιτόνους ἐπίτονα
Vocative ἐπίτονοι ἐπίτονα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπίτονος ἐπιτόνου ἐπιτονώτερος ἐπιτονωτέρου ἐπιτονώτατος ἐπιτονωτάτου
Adverb ἐπιτόνως ἐπιτονώτερον ἐπιτονώτατα

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

  • ἐπίτονοσ τετάνυστο βοὸσ ἶφι κταμένοιο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 32 3:3)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐπίτονοσ βέβλητο, βοὸσ ῥινοῖο τετευχώσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 12 50:11)

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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