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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

  • ὦ ἄνδρεσ, πῶσ οὐχὶ ἰσχυραὶ αἱ γυναῖκεσ, ὅτι οὕτωσ πράσσουσι̣ (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:32)
  • ἄνδρεσ, οὐχὶ ἰσχυραὶ αἱ γυναῖκεσ̣ μεγάλη ἡ γῆ καὶ ὑψηλὸσ ὁ οὐρανὸσ καὶ ταχὺσ τῷ δρόμῳ ὁ ἥλιοσ, ὅτι στρέφεται ἐν τῷ κύκλῳ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πάλιν ἀποτρέχει εἰσ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ τόπον ἐν μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:34)
  • στερεώσεισ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ εἰσ παλαιώματα, ἰσχυραὶ ὡσ ὅρασισ ἐπιχύσεωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 37:18)
  • ὅτι ἔγνων πολλὰσ ἀσεβείασ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἰσχυραὶ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ὑμῶν, καταπατοῦντεσ δίκαιον, λαμβάνοντεσ ἀλλάγματα καὶ πένητασ ἐν πύλαισ ἐκκλίνοντεσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 5:12)
  • καὶ μετὰ τὸ τέλοσ τῶν δέκα ἡμερῶν ὡράθησαν αἱ ἰδέαι αὐτῶν ἀγαθαὶ καὶ ἰσχυραὶ ταῖσ σαρξὶν ὑπὲρ τὰ παιδάρια τὰ ἐσθίοντα τὴν τράπεζαν τοῦ βασιλέωσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 1:15)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. mighty

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