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ἐχθρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐχθρός ἐχθρά̄ ἐχθρόν

Structure: ἐχθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xqos

Sense

  1. hated

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἐχθρός ἐχθρᾱ́ ἐχθρόν
Genitive ἐχθροῦ ἐχθρᾶς ἐχθροῦ
Dative ἐχθρῷ ἐχθρᾷ ἐχθρῷ
Accusative ἐχθρόν ἐχθρᾱ́ν ἐχθρόν
Vocative ἐχθρέ ἐχθρᾱ́ ἐχθρόν
DualN/A/V ἐχθρώ ἐχθρᾱ́ ἐχθρώ
G/D ἐχθροῖν ἐχθραῖν ἐχθροῖν
PluralNominative ἐχθροί ἐχθραί ἐχθρά
Genitive ἐχθρῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐχθρῶν
Dative ἐχθροῖς ἐχθραῖς ἐχθροῖς
Accusative ἐχθρούς ἐχθρᾱ́ς ἐχθρά
Vocative ἐχθροί ἐχθραί ἐχθρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐχθρός ἐχθροῦ ἐχθίων ἐχθιονός ἐχθίστος ἐχθιστοῦ
Adverb ἐχθρώς ἐχθίον ἐχθίστα

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

  • φ πᾶσα δὲ πόλισ ἢ χώρα τὸ σύνολον, ἥτισ κατὰ ταῦτα μὴ ποιήσῃ, δόρατι καὶ πυρὶ καταναλωθήσεται μετ̓ ὀργῆσ. οὐ μόνον ἀνθρώποισ ἄβατοσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ θηρίοισ καὶ πετεινοῖσ εἰσ τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ἔχθιστοσ κατασταθήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 8:33)
  • τίνι γὰρ ἂν ἄλλῳ δικαιότερον προσεπολέμει γόησ ἄνθρωποσ καὶ τερατείᾳ φίλοσ, ἀληθείᾳ δὲ ἔχθιστοσ, ἢ Ἐπικούρῳ ἀνδρὶ τὴν φύσιν τῶν πραγμάτων καθεωρακότι καὶ μόνῳ τὴν ἐν αὐτοῖσ ἀλήθειαν εἰδότι; (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 25:8)
  • ὁ δὲ ἄτεγκτοσ Ἐπίκουροσ ‐ οὕτωσ γὰρ αὐτὸν ὠνόμαζεν ‐ ἔχθιστοσ δικαίωσ, πάντα ταῦτα ἐν γέλωτι καὶ παιδιᾷ τιθέμενοσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 25:10)
  • καὶ ὅλωσ ἔχθιστοσ εἰκότωσ ἦν ἐγώ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 54:10)
  • ὁ γὰρ προφανὴσ θνα‐ τοῖσιν ἔχθιστοσ φόνων· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. hated

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