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ἕωλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕωλος ἕωλον

Structure: ἑωλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: prob. from e(/ws, h)w/s

Sense

  1. a day old, kept till the morrow, stale, stinking
  2. stale, out of date
  3. coming a day too late

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative έ̔ωλος έ̔ωλον
Genitive ἑώλου ἑώλου
Dative ἑώλῳ ἑώλῳ
Accusative έ̔ωλον έ̔ωλον
Vocative έ̔ωλε έ̔ωλον
DualN/A/V ἑώλω ἑώλω
G/D ἑώλοιν ἑώλοιν
PluralNominative έ̔ωλοι έ̔ωλα
Genitive ἑώλων ἑώλων
Dative ἑώλοις ἑώλοις
Accusative ἑώλους έ̔ωλα
Vocative έ̔ωλοι έ̔ωλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̔ωλος ἑώλου ἑωλότερος ἑωλοτέρου ἑωλότατος ἑωλοτάτου
Adverb ἑώλως ἑωλότερον ἑωλότατα

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

  • καὶ ἐστιν ὅτε καὶ ἐπὶ ἑώλοισ ὑπερλαμπρύνονται. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 3 2:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐοίκεν ἡ πολυπραγμοσύνη μὴ χαίρειν ἑώλοισ κακοῖσ ἀλλὰ θερμοῖσ καὶ προσφάτοισ· (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 61)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐοίκεν ἡ πολυπραγμοσύνη μὴ χαίρειν ἑώλοισ κακοῖσ ἀλλὰ θερμοῖσ καὶ προσφάτοισ· (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 61)
  • ὥσπερ οὖν τοῖσ τῶν ἄθλων γυμνασίοισ οὐκ ἀχθόμεθα ἐντυγχάνοντεσ ἐφ’ ἡμέρᾳ, ἀλλ’ ἐν κέρδουσ μέρει τῆσ ἀεὶ παρούσησ θέασ ἀπολαύομεν, οὕτω καὶ περὶ τῶν λόγων ἔχειν εἰκὸσ, καὶ ταῦτά γε τῶν τῇ πανηγύρει συγκεκληρωμένων, πάντωσ οὐχ ἑώλοισ ἀεὶ τοῖσ ὑπολειφθεῖσιν ἐντεύξεσθε, οὐδ’ ἀτιμοτέροισ ἐκείνων συνεῖναι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 58:1)

Synonyms

  1. coming a day too late

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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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