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καινός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καινός καινή καινόν

Structure: καιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. new, fresh, unused
  2. new, novel, strange, unusual

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative καινός καινή καινόν
Genitive καινοῦ καινῆς καινοῦ
Dative καινῷ καινῇ καινῷ
Accusative καινόν καινήν καινόν
Vocative καινέ καινή καινόν
DualN/A/V καινώ καινᾱ́ καινώ
G/D καινοῖν καιναῖν καινοῖν
PluralNominative καινοί καιναί καινά
Genitive καινῶν καινῶν καινῶν
Dative καινοῖς καιναῖς καινοῖς
Accusative καινούς καινᾱ́ς καινά
Vocative καινοί καιναί καινά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective καινός καινοῦ καινότερος καινοτεροῦ καινότατος καινοτατοῦ
Adverb καινώς καινότερον καινότατα

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

  • τοῖσ τ’ ἀνθρώποισι φράσον σιγᾶν, τοὺσ τε κοπρῶνασ καὶ τὰσ λαύρασ καιναῖσ πλίνθοισιν ἀνοικοδομεῖν καὶ τοὺσ πρωκτοὺσ ἐπικλῄειν. (Aristophanes, Peace, Prologue, anapests12)
  • οὗτοσ δὲ καθίσασ τὸν στρατὸν οὐ πρόσω τῆσ Ῥώμησ ἔπεμπε κήρυκα, βούλεσθαι λέγων τοὺσ Λατίνουσ ἐκλιποῦσαν ἤδη τὴν παλαιὰν οἰκειότητα καὶ συγγένειαν ἐκζωπυρῆσαι, καιναῖσ αὖθισ ἀνακραθέντων ἐπιγαμίαισ τῶν γενῶν. (Plutarch, chapter 29 3:3)
  • δοκεῖν γὰρ τοῖσ ὁρῶσι καιναῖσ ἀκτῖσι φωτίζειν τὸν κόσμον οὐκ ἔλαττον ὡρῶν δυοῖν, ὡσ δ’ Ἀγαθαρχίδησ ὁ Κνίδιοσ ἀνέγραψε, τριῶν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 48 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. new

  2. new

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