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εὔλεκτρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔλεκτρος εὔλεκτρον

Structure: εὐλεκτρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: le/ktron

Sense

  1. bringing wedded happiness, blessing marriage

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓λεκτρος εύ̓λεκτρον
Genitive εὐλέκτρου εὐλέκτρου
Dative εὐλέκτρῳ εὐλέκτρῳ
Accusative εύ̓λεκτρον εύ̓λεκτρον
Vocative εύ̓λεκτρε εύ̓λεκτρον
DualN/A/V εὐλέκτρω εὐλέκτρω
G/D εὐλέκτροιν εὐλέκτροιν
PluralNominative εύ̓λεκτροι εύ̓λεκτρα
Genitive εὐλέκτρων εὐλέκτρων
Dative εὐλέκτροις εὐλέκτροις
Accusative εὐλέκτρους εύ̓λεκτρα
Vocative εύ̓λεκτροι εύ̓λεκτρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓λεκτρος εὐλέκτρου εὐλεκτρότερος εὐλεκτροτέρου εὐλεκτρότατος εὐλεκτροτάτου
Adverb εὐλέκτρως εὐλεκτρότερον εὐλεκτρότατα

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

  • νικᾷ δ’ ἐναργὴσ βλεφάρων ἵμεροσ εὐλέκτρου νύμφασ, τῶν μεγάλων πάρεδροσ ἐν ἀρχαῖσ θεσμῶν. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • εἰσὶ γὰρ ἄλλαι κρέσσονεσ εὐλέκτρου Κύπριδοσ ἐργάτιδεσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 245 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. bringing wedded happiness

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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