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εὐναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐναῖος εὐναῖη εὐναῖον

Structure: εὐναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: eu)nh/

Sense

  1. in one's bed, in its form
  2. wedded
  3. making one keep one's bed, brooding
  4. of or for anchorage, steadying, guiding a ship

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative εὐναῖος εὐναί͂ᾱ εὐναῖον
Genitive εὐναίου εὐναί͂ᾱς εὐναίου
Dative εὐναίῳ εὐναί͂ᾱͅ εὐναίῳ
Accusative εὐναῖον εὐναί͂ᾱν εὐναῖον
Vocative εὐναῖε εὐναί͂ᾱ εὐναῖον
DualN/A/V εὐναίω εὐναί͂ᾱ εὐναίω
G/D εὐναίοιν εὐναί͂αιν εὐναίοιν
PluralNominative εὐναῖοι εὐναῖ͂αι εὐναῖα
Genitive εὐναίων εὐναῖῶν εὐναίων
Dative εὐναίοις εὐναί͂αις εὐναίοις
Accusative εὐναίους εὐναί͂ᾱς εὐναῖα
Vocative εὐναῖοι εὐναῖ͂αι εὐναῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὐναῖος εὐναίου εὐναιότερος εὐναιοτέρου εὐναιότατος εὐναιοτάτου
Adverb εὐναίως εὐναιότερον εὐναιότατα

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

  • ὅσαι δὲ τῶν κυνῶν τὰ ἴχνη τὰ μὲν εὐναῖα ἀγνοοῦσι, τὰ δὲ δρομαῖα ταχὺ διατρέχουσιν, οὐκ εἰσὶ γνήσιαι· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 3 10:1)
  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ εὐναῖα <ποιῶν> ὁ λαγῶσ πορεύεται ἐφιστάμενοσ, τὰ δὲ δρομαῖα ταχύ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 8:2)
  • πρὸσ δὲ τὰ ἴχνη τὰ εὐναῖα μὴ λύειν, ἀλλ’ ἔχοντα ὑφημμένασ μακροῖσ ἱμᾶσιν ἀκολουθεῖν ταῖσ κυσὶν ἰχνευούσαισ, ἐῶντα αὐτὰσ διαθεῖν τὰ ἴχνη. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 7 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. in one's bed

  2. wedded

  3. making one keep one's bed

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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