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γλαφυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γλαφυρός γλαφυρά γλαφυρόν

Structure: γλαφυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gla/fw

Sense

  1. hollow, hollowed, a deep
  2. polished, finished, subtle, critical, nice, exact

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative γλαφυρός γλαφυρᾱ́ γλαφυρόν
Genitive γλαφυροῦ γλαφυρᾶς γλαφυροῦ
Dative γλαφυρῷ γλαφυρᾷ γλαφυρῷ
Accusative γλαφυρόν γλαφυρᾱ́ν γλαφυρόν
Vocative γλαφυρέ γλαφυρᾱ́ γλαφυρόν
DualN/A/V γλαφυρώ γλαφυρᾱ́ γλαφυρώ
G/D γλαφυροῖν γλαφυραῖν γλαφυροῖν
PluralNominative γλαφυροί γλαφυραί γλαφυρά
Genitive γλαφυρῶν γλαφυρῶν γλαφυρῶν
Dative γλαφυροῖς γλαφυραῖς γλαφυροῖς
Accusative γλαφυρούς γλαφυρᾱ́ς γλαφυρά
Vocative γλαφυροί γλαφυραί γλαφυρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective γλαφυρός γλαφυροῦ γλαφυρώτερος γλαφυρωτεροῦ γλαφυρώτατος γλαφυρωτατοῦ
Adverb γλαφυρώς γλαφυρώτερον γλαφυρώτατα

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

  • ταῦτα τὴν ὄψιν ἐδίδαξε μὴ πυρρίχαισ χαίρειν μηδὲ χειρονομίαισ μηδ’ ὀρχήμασι γλαφυροῖσ μηδ’ ἀγάλμασι καὶ γραφαῖσ, ἀλλὰ φόνον καὶ θάνατον ἀνθρώπων καὶ τραύματα καὶ μάχασ θέαμα ποιεῖσθαι πολυτελέστατον. (Plutarch, De esu carnium II, section 2 5:2)
  • ὃσ τότε μὲν βασιλεύων κεῖθι νέαισί θ’ ἑορταῖσ ἰσχύοσ τ’ ἀνδρῶν ἁμίλλαισ ἁρ́μασί τε γλαφυροῖσ ἄμφαινε κυδαίνων πόλιν. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 9 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. hollow

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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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