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ἰσάργυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσάργυρος ἰσάργυρον

Structure: ἰσαργυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. worth its weight in silver

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἰσάργυρος ἰσάργυρον
Genitive ἰσαργύρου ἰσαργύρου
Dative ἰσαργύρῳ ἰσαργύρῳ
Accusative ἰσάργυρον ἰσάργυρον
Vocative ἰσάργυρε ἰσάργυρον
DualN/A/V ἰσαργύρω ἰσαργύρω
G/D ἰσαργύροιν ἰσαργύροιν
PluralNominative ἰσάργυροι ἰσάργυρα
Genitive ἰσαργύρων ἰσαργύρων
Dative ἰσαργύροις ἰσαργύροις
Accusative ἰσαργύρους ἰσάργυρα
Vocative ἰσάργυροι ἰσάργυρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἰσάργυρος ἰσαργύρου ἰσαργυρώτερος ἰσαργυρωτέρου ἰσαργυρώτατος ἰσαργυρωτάτου
Adverb ἰσαργύρως ἰσαργυρώτερον ἰσαργυρώτατα

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

  • οὐκ οἶσθ’ ὁτιὴ τἀργύριόν ἐστ’ ἰσάργυρον; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 57 4:3)
  • τρέφουσα πολλῆσ πορφύρασ ἰσάργυρον κηκῖδα παγκαίνιστον, εἱμάτων βαφάσ. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 12:3)
  • "τοῦ δὲ Αἰγυπτίου μύρου μνημονεύων Ἀχαιὸσ ἐν Ἄθλοισ φησιν ἰσάργυρόν τ’ εἰσ χεῖρα Κυπρίου λίθου δώσουσι κόσμον χριμάτων τ’ Αἰγυπτίων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 4:38)

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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