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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

  • ΥΙΕ, ἐὰν ἐγγυήσῃ σὸν φίλον, παραδώσεισ σὴν χεῖρα ἐχθρῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:1)
  • μὴ πιστεύσῃσ τῷ ἐχθρῷ σου εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα. ὡσ γὰρ ὁ χαλκὸσ ἰοῦται, οὕτωσ ἡ πονηρία αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 12:10)
  • ἐν φίλῳ καὶ ἐν ἐχθρῷ μὴ διηγοῦ, καὶ εἰ μή ἔστι σοι ἁμαρτία, μὴ ἀποκάλυπτε. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 19:8)
  • ᾔδει γὰρ πολλοῖσ πολλάκισ ἀλόγουσ αἰτίασ ὀργῆσ παρισταμένασ, καὶ τὸν μὲν ψευδεῖ τινι διαβολῇ πειθόμενον, τὸν δὲ οἰκέτῃ πιστεύοντα ἢ γυναίῳ ἐχθρῷ. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 8:3)
  • γυναικῶν δὲ πολλὰ καθικνεῖται καὶ ῥᾳδίωσ ἐσ τὴν νόσον ἐπάγεται, μάλιστα δὲ μῖσοσ κατά τινοσ πολὺ ἢ φθόνοσ ἐπ’ ἐχθρῷ εὐτυχοῦντι ἢ λύπη τισ ἢ ὀργή· (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 30:4)

Synonyms

  1. hated

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