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ἰσχυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσχυρός ἰσχυρά̄ ἰσχυρόν

Structure: ἰσχυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)sxu/s

Sense

  1. strong, mighty
  2. mighty, powerful
  3. forcible, obstinate, stiff, stubborn, inveterate, excessive

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἰσχυρός ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρόν
Genitive ἰσχυροῦ ἰσχυρᾶς ἰσχυροῦ
Dative ἰσχυρῷ ἰσχυρᾷ ἰσχυρῷ
Accusative ἰσχυρόν ἰσχυρᾱ́ν ἰσχυρόν
Vocative ἰσχυρέ ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρόν
DualN/A/V ἰσχυρώ ἰσχυρᾱ́ ἰσχυρώ
G/D ἰσχυροῖν ἰσχυραῖν ἰσχυροῖν
PluralNominative ἰσχυροί ἰσχυραί ἰσχυρά
Genitive ἰσχυρῶν ἰσχυρῶν ἰσχυρῶν
Dative ἰσχυροῖς ἰσχυραῖς ἰσχυροῖς
Accusative ἰσχυρούς ἰσχυρᾱ́ς ἰσχυρά
Vocative ἰσχυροί ἰσχυραί ἰσχυρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἰσχυρός ἰσχυροῦ ἰσχυρώτερος ἰσχυρωτεροῦ ἰσχυρώτατος ἰσχυρωτατοῦ
Adverb ἰσχυρώς ἰσχυρώτερον ἰσχυρώτατα

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

  • καὶ ἐσάλπισαν ταῖσ σάλπιγξιν οἱ ἱερεῖσ. ὡσ δὲ ἤκουσεν ὁ λαὸσ τῶν σαλπίγγων, ἠλάλαξε πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ ἅμα ἀλαλαγμῷ μεγάλῳ καὶ ἰσχυρῷ καὶ ἔπεσεν ἅπαν τὸ τεῖχοσ κύκλῳ, καὶ ἀνέβη πᾶσ ὁ λαὸσ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 6:20)
  • καὶ ᾠκοδόμησαν τὴν πόλιν Δαυὶδ τείχει μεγάλῳ καὶ ἰσχυρῷ, πύργοισ ὀχυροῖσ, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖσ εἰσ ἄκραν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 1:33)
  • οὕτωσ λέγει Κύριοσ, ὁ διδοὺσ ἐν θαλάσσῃ ὁδὸν ἐν ὕδατι ἰσχυρῷ τρίβον, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 43:16)
  • εὖ γε, συνετῶσ ὁ Τιμοκλῆσ ταῦτα καὶ ἰσχυρῷ ^ τῷ παραδείγματι. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 46:6)
  • τούτου δὲ μεῖζον, ὅτι πάσῃ χρεῶν ἀποκοπῇ στάσεωσ ἑπομένησ, ἐκείνῃ μόνῃ, καθάπερ φαρμάκῳ παραβόλῳ μέν, ἰσχυρῷ δὲ χρησάμενοσ εὐκαίρωσ, καὶ τὴν οὖσαν στάσιν ἔλυσε, τῇ περὶ αὐτὸν ἀρετῇ καὶ δόξῃ τῆσ τοῦ πράγματοσ ἀδοξίασ καὶ διαβολῆσ περιγενόμενοσ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Solon and Publicola, chapter 3 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. mighty

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