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ἔπουρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔπουρος ἔπουρον

Structure: ἐπουρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. blowing favourably

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative έ̓πουρος έ̓πουρον
Genitive ἐπούρου ἐπούρου
Dative ἐπούρῳ ἐπούρῳ
Accusative έ̓πουρον έ̓πουρον
Vocative έ̓πουρε έ̓πουρον
DualN/A/V ἐπούρω ἐπούρω
G/D ἐπούροιν ἐπούροιν
PluralNominative έ̓πουροι έ̓πουρα
Genitive ἐπούρων ἐπούρων
Dative ἐπούροις ἐπούροις
Accusative ἐπούρους έ̓πουρα
Vocative έ̓πουροι έ̓πουρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̓πουρος ἐπούρου ἐπουρότερος ἐπουροτέρου ἐπουρότατος ἐπουροτάτου
Adverb ἐπούρως ἐπουρότερον ἐπουρότατα

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

  • Ἄρεά τε τὸν μαλερόν, ὃσ νῦν ἄχαλκοσ ἀσπίδων φλέγει με περιβόατον, ἀντιάζω παλίσσυτον δράμημα νωτίσαι πάτρασ ἔπουρον, εἴτ’ ἐσ μέγαν θάλαμον Ἀμφιτρίτασ εἴτ’ ἐσ τὸν ἀπόξενον ὁρ́μων Θρῄκιον κλύδωνα· (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, choral, strophe 31)

Synonyms

  1. blowing favourably

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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