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εὔπηνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔπηνος εὔπηνον

Structure: εὐπην (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ph/nh

Sense

  1. of fine texture

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓πηνος εύ̓πηνον
Genitive εὐπήνου εὐπήνου
Dative εὐπήνῳ εὐπήνῳ
Accusative εύ̓πηνον εύ̓πηνον
Vocative εύ̓πηνε εύ̓πηνον
DualN/A/V εὐπήνω εὐπήνω
G/D εὐπήνοιν εὐπήνοιν
PluralNominative εύ̓πηνοι εύ̓πηνα
Genitive εὐπήνων εὐπήνων
Dative εὐπήνοις εὐπήνοις
Accusative εὐπήνους εύ̓πηνα
Vocative εύ̓πηνοι εύ̓πηνα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓πηνος εὐπήνου εὐπηνότερος εὐπηνοτέρου εὐπηνότατος εὐπηνοτάτου
Adverb εὐπήνως εὐπηνότερον εὐπηνότατα

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

  • ἅτεροσ δὲ τοῖν ξένοιν ἀφρόν τ’ ἀπέψη σώματόσ τ’ ἐτημέλει πέπλων τε προυκάλυπτεν εὐπήνουσ ὑφάσ, καραδοκῶν μὲν τἀπιόντα τραύματα, φίλον δὲ θεραπείαισιν ἄνδρ’ εὐεργετῶν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 4:8)
  • οὗ καὶ τεθάψῃ κατθανοῦσα, καὶ πέπλων ἄγαλμά σοι θήσουσιν εὐπήνουσ ὑφάσ, ἃσ ἂν γυναῖκεσ ἐν τόκοισ ψυχορραγεῖσ λίπωσ’ ἐν οἴκοισ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 10:8)

Synonyms

  1. of fine texture

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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