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εὔεδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔεδρος εὔεδρον

Structure: εὐεδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/dra

Sense

  1. with beautiful seat, on stately throne
  2. easy to sit

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓εδρος εύ̓εδρον
Genitive εὐέδρου εὐέδρου
Dative εὐέδρῳ εὐέδρῳ
Accusative εύ̓εδρον εύ̓εδρον
Vocative εύ̓εδρε εύ̓εδρον
DualN/A/V εὐέδρω εὐέδρω
G/D εὐέδροιν εὐέδροιν
PluralNominative εύ̓εδροι εύ̓εδρα
Genitive εὐέδρων εὐέδρων
Dative εὐέδροις εὐέδροις
Accusative εὐέδρους εύ̓εδρα
Vocative εύ̓εδροι εύ̓εδρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓εδρος εὐέδρου εὐεδρότερος εὐεδροτέρου εὐεδρότατος εὐεδροτάτου
Adverb εὐέδρως εὐεδρότερον εὐεδρότατα

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

  • Ῥοϊκὰ δὲ γίνεται καὶ πλατέα, πρῶτον μὲν ὅτι οὐ σπαργανοῦνται ὥσπερ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ οὐδὲ νομίζουσι διὰ τὴν ἱππασιην, ὅκωσ ἂν εὐέδροι ἐώσιν‧ ἔπειτα δὲ διὰ τὴν ἕδρην‧ τά τε γὰρ ἄρσενα, ἑώσ ἂν οὐχ οἱᾶ́ τε ἐφ’ ἵππου ὀχεῖσθαι, τὸ πολὺ τοῦ χρόνου κάθηνται ἐν τῇ ἁμάξῃ καὶ βραχὺ τῇ βαδίσει χρέονται διὰ τὰσ μεταναστάσιασ καὶ περιελάσιασ‧ τὰ δὲ θήλεα θαυμαστὸν οἱο͂ν Ῥοϊκά ἑστι τε καὶ βραδέα τὰ εἴδεα. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xx.5)
  • ἰὼ μάκαρεσ εὐέδροι, ἀκμάζει βρετέων ἔχεσθαι· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode, lyric11)
  • καὶ πόλεωσ ῥύτορεσ <ἔστ’> εὐέδροί τε στάθητ’ ὀξυγόοισ λιταῖσιν. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 13)

Synonyms

  1. with beautiful seat

  2. easy to sit

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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