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εὐαγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐαγής εὐαγές

Structure: εὐαγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gos

Sense

  1. free from pollution, guiltless, pure, undefiled
  2. holy, righteous
  3. purificatory

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εὐαγής εύ̓αγες
Genitive εὐαγούς εὐάγους
Dative εὐαγεί εὐάγει
Accusative εὐαγή εύ̓αγες
Vocative εὐαγές εύ̓αγες
DualN/A/V εὐαγεί εὐάγει
G/D εὐαγοίν εὐάγοιν
PluralNominative εὐαγείς εὐάγη
Genitive εὐαγών εὐάγων
Dative εὐαγέσιν* εὐάγεσιν*
Accusative εὐαγείς εὐάγη
Vocative εὐαγείς εὐάγη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὐαγής εὐαγούς εὐαγέστερος εὐαγεστέρου εὐαγέστατος εὐαγεστάτου
Adverb εὐαγέως εὐαγέστερον εὐαγέστατα

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

  • ἀμφὶ δ’ Ἠλέκτρασ πύλασ ἔστην θεατὴσ πύργον εὐαγῆ λαβών. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode13)
  • ἕδραν γὰρ εἶχε παντὸσ εὐαγῆ στρατοῦ, ὑψηλὸν ὄχθον ἄγχι πελαγίασ ἁλόσ· (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 4:16)
  • τίσ οἶδεν εἰ κάτωθεν εὐαγῆ τάδε; (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 4:21)
  • ὅτ’ οὖν παραινοῦσ’ οὐδὲν ἐσ πλέον ποιῶ, πρὸσ σ’, ὦ Λύκει’ Ἄπολλον, ἄγχιστοσ γὰρ εἶ, ἱκέτισ ἀφῖγμαι τοῖσδε σὺν κατεύγμασιν, ὅπωσ λύσιν τιν’ ἡμὶν εὐαγῆ πόρῃσ· (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode4)

Synonyms

  1. free from pollution

  2. holy

Derived

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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