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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

  • "τί γὰρ ἔχθιον ἢ παῖ παῖ καλεῖσθαι παρὰ πότον, καὶ ταῦτ’ ἀγενείῳ μειρακυλλίῳ τινί, ἢ τὴν ἀμίδα φέρειν ὁρᾶν τε κείμενα ἄμητασ ἡμιβρῶτασ ὀρνίθειά τε, ὧν οὐδὲ λειφθέντων θέμισ δούλῳ φαγεῖν, ὥσ φασιν αἱ γυναῖκεσ, ὃ δὲ χολᾶν ποιεῖ, γάστριν καλοῦσι καὶ λάμυρον ὃσ ἂν φάγῃ ἡμῶν τι τούτων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:12)
  • βουλῆσ γὰρ οὐδέν ἐστιν ἔχθιον κακῆσ. (Sophocles, episode 5:37)
  • καίτοι τοσούτῳ μὲν δεινότερον προδοσία πολέμου, ὅσῳ χαλεπώτερον φυλάξασθαι τὸ ἀφανὲσ τοῦ φανεροῦ, τοσούτῳ δ’ ἔχθιον, ὅσῳ πολεμίοισ μὲν ἄνθρωποι καὶ σπένδονται καὶ αὖθισ πιστοὶ γίγνονται, ὃν δ’ ἂν προδιδόντα λαμβάνωσι, τούτῳ οὔτε ἐσπείσατο πώποτε οὐδεὶσ οὔτ’ ἐπίστευσε τοῦ λοιποῦ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 3 35:2)

Synonyms

  1. hated

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