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εὔπωλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔπωλος εὔπωλον

Structure: εὐπωλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. abounding in foals or horses, breeding noble horses

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓πωλος εύ̓πωλον
Genitive εὐπώλου εὐπώλου
Dative εὐπώλῳ εὐπώλῳ
Accusative εύ̓πωλον εύ̓πωλον
Vocative εύ̓πωλε εύ̓πωλον
DualN/A/V εὐπώλω εὐπώλω
G/D εὐπώλοιν εὐπώλοιν
PluralNominative εύ̓πωλοι εύ̓πωλα
Genitive εὐπώλων εὐπώλων
Dative εὐπώλοις εὐπώλοις
Accusative εὐπώλους εύ̓πωλα
Vocative εύ̓πωλοι εύ̓πωλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓πωλος εὐπώλου εὐπωλότερος εὐπωλοτέρου εὐπωλότατος εὐπωλοτάτου
Adverb εὐπώλως εὐπωλότερον εὐπωλότατα

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

  • ἄλλον δ’ αἶνον ἔχω ματροπόλει τᾷδε κράτιστον δῶρον τοῦ μεγάλου δαίμονοσ, εἰπεῖν, χθονὸσ αὔχημα μέγιστον, εὐίππον, εὔπωλον, εὐθάλασσον. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • καὶ γὰρ τοῦ φίλοσ υἱὸσ ἅμ’ ἀντιθέῳ Ὀδυσῆι Ἴλιον εἰσ ἐύπωλον ἔβη κοίλῃσ ἐνὶ νηυσίν, Ἄντιφοσ αἰχμητήσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 1:9)
  • οὐ γάρ πω σχεδὸν ἦλθον Ἀχαιί̈δοσ, οὐδέ πω ἁμῆσ γῆσ ἐπέβην, ἀλλ’ αἰὲν ἔχων ἀλάλημαι ὀιζύν, ἐξ οὗ τὰ πρώτισθ’ ἑπόμην Ἀγαμέμνονι δίῳ Ἴλιον εἰσ ἐύπωλον, ἵνα Τρώεσσι μαχοίμην. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 20:3)
  • καὶ γὰρ κεῖνοσ ἔβη Ἀγαμέμνονοσ εἵνεκα τιμῆσ Ἴλιον εἰσ εὔπωλον, ἵνα Τρώεσσι μάχοιτο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 7:10)
  • τὼ μὲν ἄρ’ ἡβήσαντε μελαινάων ἐπὶ νηῶν Ἴλιον εἰσ εὔπωλον ἅμ’ Ἀργείοισιν ἑπέσθην, τιμὴν Ἀτρεί̈δῃσ Ἀγαμέμνονι καὶ Μενελάῳ ἀρνυμένω· (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 57:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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