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ἐσθλός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐσθλός

Structure: ἐσθλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: much like a)gaqo/s,

Sense

  1. good, good, brave, rich, wealthy, noble
  2. good, fortunate, lucky
  3. goods, good luck
  4. it is good, expedient to

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἐσθλός ἐσθλή έ̓σθλον
Genitive ἐσθλοῦ ἐσθλῆς έ̓σθλου
Dative ἐσθλῷ ἐσθλῇ έ̓σθλῳ
Accusative ἐσθλόν ἐσθλήν έ̓σθλον
Vocative ἐσθλέ ἐσθλή έ̓σθλον
DualN/A/V ἐσθλώ ἐσθλᾱ́ έ̓σθλω
G/D ἐσθλοῖν ἐσθλαῖν έ̓σθλοιν
PluralNominative ἐσθλοί ἐσθλαί έ̓σθλα
Genitive ἐσθλῶν ἐσθλῶν έ̓σθλων
Dative ἐσθλοῖς ἐσθλαῖς έ̓σθλοις
Accusative ἐσθλούς ἐσθλᾱ́ς έ̓σθλα
Vocative ἐσθλοί ἐσθλαί έ̓σθλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐσθλός ἐσθλοῦ ἐσθλότερος ἐσθλοτεροῦ ἐσθλότατος ἐσθλοτατοῦ
Adverb έ̓σθλως ἐσθλότερον ἐσθλότατα

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

  • ἐσθλήν· (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 4:7)
  • ἄναξ, ποθοῦντι προυφάνησ, καί σοι θεῶν τύχην τισ ἐσθλὴν τῆσδ’ ἔθηκε τῆσ ὁδοῦ. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode4)
  • γυναῖκα πιστὴν δ’ ἐν δόμοισ εὑρ́οι μολὼν οἱάν περ οὖν ἔλειπε, δωμάτων κύνα ἐσθλὴν ἐκείνῳ, πολεμίαν τοῖσ δύσφροσιν, καὶ τἄλλ’ ὁμοίαν πάντα, σημαντήριον οὐδὲν διαφθείρασαν ἐν μήκει χρόνου. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 3:7)
  • ἀτὰρ ὔμμεσ Ἀχαιίδοσ οἱᾶ́ τε πάσησ αὐτῶν θ’ ὑμείων ἐσθλὴν ἐπαρωγὸν ἐοῦσαν σώετε. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 4:9)
  • ἐσθλὴν γὰρ ἄλλην οἶδα τοιούτου φυτοῦ ἰήσιν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 96)

Synonyms

  1. good

  2. good

Related

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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