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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

  • ὅσιοσ δ’ <ὅσιοσ> εὐναῖοσ γαμέτασ συντηχθεὶσ αὔραισ ἀδόλοισ γενναίασ ψυχᾶσ ἀλόχοιο. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, antistrophe 16)
  • ὁ μὲν οὖν εὐναῖοσ ποιούμενοσ εὐνὴν ἐπὶ πολὺ ὅταν μὲν ᾖ ψύχη, ἐν εὐδιεινοῖσ, ὅταν δὲ καύματα, ἐν παλισκίοισ, τὸ δὲ ἐάρ καὶ τὸ μετόπωρον ἐν προσηλίοισ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 11:1)

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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