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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

  • "ὡσ γὰρ ἐνταῦθα μᾶλλον εἰκόσ ἐστι τῶν γλαφυρῶν τὰ χρειώδη τὴν αἴσθησιν ἐπιστρέφειν, οὕτω καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. hollow

Related

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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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