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εὔστροφος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔστροφος

Structure: εὐστροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: stre/fw

Sense

  1. well-twisted
  2. easily turning, active, nimble

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓στροφος εύ̓στροφον
Genitive εὐστρόφου εὐστρόφου
Dative εὐστρόφῳ εὐστρόφῳ
Accusative εύ̓στροφον εύ̓στροφον
Vocative εύ̓στροφε εύ̓στροφον
DualN/A/V εὐστρόφω εὐστρόφω
G/D εὐστρόφοιν εὐστρόφοιν
PluralNominative εύ̓στροφοι εύ̓στροφα
Genitive εὐστρόφων εὐστρόφων
Dative εὐστρόφοις εὐστρόφοις
Accusative εὐστρόφους εύ̓στροφα
Vocative εύ̓στροφοι εύ̓στροφα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓στροφος εὐστρόφου εὐστροφότερος εὐστροφοτέρου εὐστροφότατος εὐστροφοτάτου
Adverb εὐστρόφως εὐστροφότερον εὐστροφότατα

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

  • ἦν δὲ παραπλήσιοσ μὲν Δελφικῷ τρίποδι καὶ τοὔνομ’ ἐντεῦθεν ἔσχεν, τὴν δὲ χρῆσιν τριπλῆσ κιθάρασ παρείχετο, τῶν γὰρ ποδῶν ἑστώτων ἐπί τινοσ βάσεωσ εὐστρόφου, καθάπερ αἱ τῶν περιάκτων δίφρων κατασκευάζονται, θέσεισ, τὰσ μέσασ τρεῖσ χώρασ τὰσ ἀπὸ ποδὸσ ἐπὶ πόδα διεστώσασ ἐνέτεινε χορδαῖσ, ὑπερθεὶσ ἑκάστῃ πῆχυν καὶ κάτω προσαρμόσασ χορδοτόνια, καὶ τὸν ἐπάνω κόσμον κοινὸν τοῦ λέβητοσ καὶ τῶν παρηρτημένων ἠχείων ἀποδούσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 39 1:21)

Synonyms

  1. well-twisted

  2. easily turning

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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