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ἰαμβεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰαμβεῖος ἰαμβεῖον

Structure: ἰαμβει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)/ambos

Sense

  1. iambic
  2. an iambic verse
  3. iambic metre

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἰαμβεῖος ἰάμβειον
Genitive ἰαμβείου ἰαμβείου
Dative ἰαμβείῳ ἰαμβείῳ
Accusative ἰαμβεῖον ἰάμβειον
Vocative ἰαμβεῖε ἰάμβειον
DualN/A/V ἰαμβείω ἰαμβείω
G/D ἰαμβείοιν ἰαμβείοιν
PluralNominative ἰαμβεῖοι ἰάμβεια
Genitive ἰαμβείων ἰαμβείων
Dative ἰαμβείοις ἰαμβείοις
Accusative ἰαμβείους ἰάμβεια
Vocative ἰαμβεῖοι ἰάμβεια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἰαμβεῖος ἰαμβείου ἰαμβειώτερος ἰαμβειωτέρου ἰαμβειώτατος ἰαμβειωτάτου
Adverb ἰαμβείως ἰαμβειώτερον ἰαμβειώτατα

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

  • πρώτῳ δ’ αὐτῷ τὰ τ’ ἐπῳδὰ καὶ τὰ τετράμετρα καὶ τὸ κρητικὸν καὶ τὸ προσοδιακὸν ἀποδέδοται καὶ ἡ τοῦ ἡρῴου αὔξησισ, ὑπ’ ἐνίων δὲ καὶ τὸ ἐλεγεῖον, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ ἥ τε τοῦ ἰαμβείου πρὸσ τὸν ἐπιβατὸν παίωνα ἔντασισ καὶ ἡ τοῦ ηὐξημένου ἡρῴου εἴσ τε τὸ προσοδιακὸν καὶ τὸ κρητικόν· (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 28 3:1)
  • πρώτῳ δ’ αὐτῷ τά τ’ ἐπῳδὰ καὶ τὰ τετράμετρα καὶ τὸ κρητικὸν καὶ τὸ προσοδιακὸν ἀποδέδοται καὶ ἡ τοῦ ἡρῴου αὔξησισ, ὑπ’ ἐνίων δὲ καὶ τὸ ἐλεγεῖον, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ ἥ τε τοῦ ἰαμβείου πρὸσ τὸν ἐπιβατὸν παιῶνα ἔντασισ καὶ ἡ τοῦ ηὐξημένου ἡρῴου εἴσ τε τὸ προσοδιακὸν καὶ τὸ κρητικόν· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , section34)
  • καί τι καὶ ἰαμβεῖον ὑπειπεῖν, τὸν δὲ νοῦν εἶναι τοῦ ἰαμβείου ὅτι τῷ τι δρῶντι καὶ παθεῖν ἐστιν ὀφειλόμενον. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 6, chapter 13 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. iambic

  2. an iambic verse

  3. iambic metre

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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