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εὔπυργος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔπυργος εὔπυργον

Structure: εὐπυργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. well-towered

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓πυργος εύ̓πυργον
Genitive εὐπύργου εὐπύργου
Dative εὐπύργῳ εὐπύργῳ
Accusative εύ̓πυργον εύ̓πυργον
Vocative εύ̓πυργε εύ̓πυργον
DualN/A/V εὐπύργω εὐπύργω
G/D εὐπύργοιν εὐπύργοιν
PluralNominative εύ̓πυργοι εύ̓πυργα
Genitive εὐπύργων εὐπύργων
Dative εὐπύργοις εὐπύργοις
Accusative εὐπύργους εύ̓πυργα
Vocative εύ̓πυργοι εύ̓πυργα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓πυργος εὐπύργου εὐπυργότερος εὐπυργοτέρου εὐπυργότατος εὐπυργοτάτου
Adverb εὐπύργως εὐπυργότερον εὐπυργότατα

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

  • Δία τε Κρονίδαν ὕμνησον Ὀλύμπιον ἀρχαγὸν θεῶν, τόν τ’ ἀκαμαντορόαν Ἀλφεόν, Πέλοπόσ τε βίαν, καὶ Πίσαν, ἔνθ’ ὁ κλεεννὸσ ποσσὶ νικάσασ δρόμῳ ἦλθ]εν Φερένικοσ < ἐσ > εὐπύργουσ Συρακόσ‐ σασ Ιἕρωνι φέρων εὐδ]αιμονίασ πέταλον. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 14:2)
  • ξεῖνοι, τὴν περίβωτον ἐμὲ πτόλιν, Ἴλιον ἱρήν, τὴν πάροσ εὐπύργοισ τείχεσι κλῃζομένην, αἰῶνοσ τέφρη κατεδήδοκεν· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 621)
  • παρὰ δ’ εὔπυργοσ πόλισ ἀνδρῶν· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:14)
  • ἡ Νίνοσ μέν, ὦ πορθμεῦ, ἀπόλωλεν ἤδη καὶ οὐδὲ ἴχνοσ ἔτι λοιπὸν αὐτῆσ, οὐδ’ ἂν εἴποισ ὅπου ποτὲ ἦν ἡ Βαβυλὼν δέ σοι ἐκείνη ἐστὶν ἡ εὔπυργοσ, ἡ τὸν μέγαν περίβολον, οὐ μετὰ πολὺ καὶ αὐτὴ ζητηθησομένη ὥσπερ ἡ Νίνοσ· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 23:8)

Synonyms

  1. well-towered

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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