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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

  • καὶ τίσ γένοιτ’ ἂν τῆσδ’ ἔτ’ ἐχθίων τύχη; (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 4:4)
  • πολλὸν ἐχθίων ἔσει σιγῶσ’, ἐὰν μὴ πᾶσι κηρύξῃσ τάδε. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 3:16)
  • δοκεῖ γὰρ ἡμῖν ὅ γε πονηρὸσ τῷ πονηρῷ, ὅσῳ ἂν ἐγγυτέρω προσίῃ καὶ μᾶλλον ὁμιλῇ, τοσούτῳ ἐχθίων γίγνεσθαι. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 142:9)
  • οὕτω μὲν γὰρ ἐχθίων τ’ ἂν εἰή καὶ ἀπελαύνοι τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ, εἰ τὸν εἰδότα ὅτι μικρόσ τε καὶ αἰσχρὸσ καὶ ἀσθενήσ ἐστιν ἐπαινοίη λέγων ὅτι καλόσ τε καὶ μέγασ καὶ ἰσχυρόσ ἐστιν. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 6 13:3)

Synonyms

  1. hated

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