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εὔσφυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔσφυρος εὔσφυρᾱ εὔσφυρον

Structure: εὐσφυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sfuro/n

Sense

  1. with beautiful ankles

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓σφυρος εὔσφύρᾱ εύ̓σφυρον
Genitive εὐσφύρου εὔσφύρᾱς εὐσφύρου
Dative εὐσφύρῳ εὔσφύρᾱͅ εὐσφύρῳ
Accusative εύ̓σφυρον εὔσφύρᾱν εύ̓σφυρον
Vocative εύ̓σφυρε εὔσφύρᾱ εύ̓σφυρον
DualN/A/V εὐσφύρω εὔσφύρᾱ εὐσφύρω
G/D εὐσφύροιν εὔσφύραιν εὐσφύροιν
PluralNominative εύ̓σφυροι εύ̓́σφυραι εύ̓σφυρα
Genitive εὐσφύρων εὔσφυρῶν εὐσφύρων
Dative εὐσφύροις εὔσφύραις εὐσφύροις
Accusative εὐσφύρους εὔσφύρᾱς εύ̓σφυρα
Vocative εύ̓σφυροι εύ̓́σφυραι εύ̓σφυρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓σφυρος εὐσφύρου εὐσφυρότερος εὐσφυροτέρου εὐσφυρότατος εὐσφυροτάτου
Adverb εὐσφύρως εὐσφυρότερον εὐσφυρότατα

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

  • τέλοσ δ’, ἐπειδὴ ναῦσ τὰ πάντ’ ἐδέξατο, πλήσασα κλιμακτῆρασ εὐσφύρῳ ποδί Ἑλένη καθέζετ’ ἐν μέσοισ ἑδωλίοισ, ὅ τ’ οὐκέτ’ ὢν λόγοισι Μενέλεωσ πέλασ· (Euripides, Helen, episode 3:1)
  • αὕτη πρόσθεν ἐήν ἐρατόχροοσ, εἰαρόμασθοσ, εὔσφυροσ, εὐμήκησ, εὐόφρυσ, εὐπλόκαμοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 761)

Synonyms

  1. with beautiful ankles

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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