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εὔμηλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔμηλος εὔμηλη εὔμηλον

Structure: εὐμηλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rich in sheep

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓μηλος εὔμήλη εύ̓μηλον
Genitive εὐμήλου εὔμήλης εὐμήλου
Dative εὐμήλῳ εὔμήλῃ εὐμήλῳ
Accusative εύ̓μηλον εὔμήλην εύ̓μηλον
Vocative εύ̓μηλε εὔμήλη εύ̓μηλον
DualN/A/V εὐμήλω εὔμήλᾱ εὐμήλω
G/D εὐμήλοιν εὔμήλαιν εὐμήλοιν
PluralNominative εύ̓μηλοι εύ̓́μηλαι εύ̓μηλα
Genitive εὐμήλων εὔμηλῶν εὐμήλων
Dative εὐμήλοις εὔμήλαις εὐμήλοις
Accusative εὐμήλους εὔμήλᾱς εύ̓μηλα
Vocative εύ̓μηλοι εύ̓́μηλαι εύ̓μηλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓μηλος εὐμήλου εὐμηλότερος εὐμηλοτέρου εὐμηλότατος εὐμηλοτάτου
Adverb εὐμήλως εὐμηλότερον εὐμηλότατα

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

  • οὐδ’ εὔβων σέ γ’ ἔσεσθαι ὀίομαι οὔτ’ εὔμηλον, οὐδὲ τρύγην οἴσεισ οὔτ’ ἂρ φυτὰ μυρία φύσεισ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , part 4:2)
  • Μενέλαοσ μὲν οὖν ἐξ Ἑλένησ Ἑρμιόνην ἐγέννησε καὶ κατά τινασ Νικόστρατον, ἐκ δούλησ <δὲ> Πιερίδοσ, γένοσ Αἰτωλίδοσ, ἢ καθάπερ Ἀκουσίλαόσ φησι Τηρηίδοσ, Μεγαπένθη, ἐκ Κνωσσίασ δὲ νύμφησ κατὰ Εὔμηλον Ξενόδαμον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 11 1:1)
  • τὰ ἐπιγράμματα δὲ τὰ ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ τάχα μέν που καὶ ἄλλοσ τισ ἂν εἰή πεποιηκώσ, τῆσ δὲ ὑπονοίασ τὸ πολὺ ἐσ Εὔμηλον τὸν Κορίνθιον εἶχεν ἡμῖν, ἄλλων τε ἕνεκα καὶ τοῦ Προσοδίου μάλιστα ὃ ἐποίησεν ἐσ Δῆλον. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , mixed meters59)
  • τῷ δὲ διδύμῳ μετ’ ἐκεῖνόν τε γενομένῳ, λῆξιν δὲ ἄκρασ τῆσ νήσου πρὸσ Ἡρακλείων στηλῶν εἰληχότι ἐπὶ τὸ τῆσ Γαδειρικῆσ νῦν χώρασ κατ’ ἐκεῖνον τὸν τόπον ὀνομαζομένησ, Ἑλληνιστὶ μὲν Εὔμηλον, τὸ δ’ ἐπιχώριον Γάδειρον, ὅπερ τ’ ἦν ἐπίκλην ταύτῃ ὄνομ’ ἂ<ν> παράσχοι. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 56:1)
  • Εὐθυμάχων ἀνδρῶν μνησώμεθα, τῶν ὅδε τύμβοσ, οἳ θάνον εὔμηλον ῥυόμενοι Τεγέαν, αἰχμηταὶ πρὸ πόληοσ, ἵνα σφίσι μὴ καθέληται Ἑλλὰσ ἀποφθιμένου κρατὸσ ἐλευθερίαν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4421)

Synonyms

  1. rich in sheep

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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