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φέρτατος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φέρτατος φέρτατη φέρτατον

Structure: φερτατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: The posit. occurs in proferh/s: perh. the Root is fe/resqai, so that the orig. sense would be quick in action, vigorous.

Sense

  1. bravest, best, the best, least bad
  2. braver, better, better

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative φέρτατος φερτάτη φέρτατον
Genitive φερτάτου φερτάτης φερτάτου
Dative φερτάτῳ φερτάτῃ φερτάτῳ
Accusative φέρτατον φερτάτην φέρτατον
Vocative φέρτατε φερτάτη φέρτατον
DualN/A/V φερτάτω φερτάτᾱ φερτάτω
G/D φερτάτοιν φερτάταιν φερτάτοιν
PluralNominative φέρτατοι φέρταται φέρτατα
Genitive φερτάτων φερτατῶν φερτάτων
Dative φερτάτοις φερτάταις φερτάτοις
Accusative φερτάτους φερτάτᾱς φέρτατα
Vocative φέρτατοι φέρταται φέρτατα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective φέρτατος φερτάτου φερτατώτερος φερτατωτέρου φερτατώτατος φερτατωτάτου
Adverb φερτάτως φερτατώτερον φερτατώτατα

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

  • ἄλλο δὲ τοί τι ἔποσ ἐρέω, μέγα φέρτατε λαῶν· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 31:3)
  • ἀσκοῦ τὸν προὔχοντα πόδα, μέγα φέρτατε λαῶν, μὴ λύσῃσ πρὶν δῆμον Ἀθηνέων εἰσαφικέσθαι· (Plutarch, chapter 3 3:3)
  • ἀσκοῦ τὸν προύχοντα ποδάονα, φέρτατε λαῶν,μὴ λύσῃσ, πρὶν ἐσ ἄκρον Ἀθηναίων ἀφίκηαι. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 15 6:6)
  • ἄμπνεε γηροκόμων καμάτων, μέγα φέρτατε παίδων Γρηγόρι’, εὐαγέασ Μάρτυσι παρθέμενοσ σοὺσ τοκέασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 76 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. braver

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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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