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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

  • μέμνημαι γοῦν, ἔφη, καὶ κωμικῶν τινων ἰαμβείων παρ’ ὑμῶν μαθών, τοῖσ γὰρ λάλοισ ἐξ ἄκρου ἡ γλῶττα πᾶσὶν ἐστι τετρυπημένη. (Lucian, Hercules, 5:3)
  • παῦσαι, μακάριε, τραγῳδῶν καὶ λέγε οὑτωσί πωσ ἁπλῶσ καταβὰσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰαμβείων, τίσ ἡ στολὴ ; (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 1:15)
  • ἄξιον δ’, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, καὶ τῶν ἰαμβείων ἀκοῦσαι, ἃ πεποίηκε λέγουσαν τὴν μητέρα τῆσ παιδόσ. (Lycurgus, Speeches, 134:2)
  • ὅθεν, ὡσ ἐοίκε, τῶν εἰσ Ἀμφιάραον ὑπ’ Αἰσχύλου πεποιημένων ἰαμβείων ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ λεγομένων· (Plutarch, , chapter 3 4:1)
  • "ἐκ τῆσ παραθέσεωσ τῶν ἰαμβείων δῆλόσ ἐστιν ὁ Ἐπικράτησ τὰ τοῦ Ἀντιφάνουσ μετενεγκών. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:13)

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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