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εὐπειθής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐπειθής εὐπειθές

Structure: εὐπειθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pei/qw

Sense

  1. ready to obey, obedient
  2. persuasive

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εὐπειθής εύ̓πειθες
Genitive εὐπειθούς εὐπείθους
Dative εὐπειθεί εὐπείθει
Accusative εὐπειθή εύ̓πειθες
Vocative εὐπειθές εύ̓πειθες
DualN/A/V εὐπειθεί εὐπείθει
G/D εὐπειθοίν εὐπείθοιν
PluralNominative εὐπειθείς εὐπείθη
Genitive εὐπειθών εὐπείθων
Dative εὐπειθέσιν* εὐπείθεσιν*
Accusative εὐπειθείς εὐπείθη
Vocative εὐπειθείς εὐπείθη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὐπειθής εὐπειθούς εὐπειθέστερος εὐπειθεστέρου εὐπειθέστατος εὐπειθεστάτου
Adverb εὐπειθέως εὐπειθέστερον εὐπειθέστατα

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

  • καὶ ὁ εὐπειθέστατοσ ὤν σοι πρὸσ κινδύνουσ καὶ πόνουσ οὐκ ἠνέσχετο νῦν οὐδὲ ἀναπαύσεωσ ἐπιτάγματοσ, ἀλλ’ ἀνέθορεν, οὐδὲ ἀνὰ μέροσ ἀλλ’ ἀθρόωσ, ἐπιστάταισ αὐτοῖσ, καὶ ἐνόμιζε κεκελεῦσθαι. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 9 7:13)
  • ὃσ δ’ ἂν τοῖσ τεθεῖσι νόμοισ εὐπειθέστατόσ τε ᾖ καὶ νικᾷ ταύτην τὴν νίκην ἐν τῇ πόλει, τούτῳ φαμὲν καὶ τὴν τῶν θεῶν ὑπηρεσίαν δοτέον εἶναι τὴν μεγίστην τῷ πρώτῳ, καὶ δευτέραν τῷ τὰ δεύτερα κρατοῦντι, καὶ κατὰ λόγον οὕτω τοῖσ ἐφεξῆσ τὰ μετὰ ταῦθ’ ἕκαστα ἀποδοτέον εἶναι. (Plato, Laws, book 4 69:1)

Synonyms

  1. ready to obey

  2. persuasive

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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