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καταστύφελος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταστύφελος καταστύφελον

Structure: καταστυφελ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. very hard or rugged

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative καταστύφελος καταστύφελον
Genitive καταστυφέλου καταστυφέλου
Dative καταστυφέλῳ καταστυφέλῳ
Accusative καταστύφελον καταστύφελον
Vocative καταστύφελε καταστύφελον
DualN/A/V καταστυφέλω καταστυφέλω
G/D καταστυφέλοιν καταστυφέλοιν
PluralNominative καταστύφελοι καταστύφελα
Genitive καταστυφέλων καταστυφέλων
Dative καταστυφέλοις καταστυφέλοις
Accusative καταστυφέλους καταστύφελα
Vocative καταστύφελοι καταστύφελα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective καταστύφελος καταστυφέλου καταστυφελώτερος καταστυφελωτέρου καταστυφελώτατος καταστυφελωτάτου
Adverb καταστυφέλως καταστυφελώτερον καταστυφελώτατα

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

  • ῥινοὺσ δ’ ἐξετάνυσσε καταστυφέλῳ ἐνὶ πέτρῃ, ὡσ ἔτι νῦν τὰ μέτασσα πολυχρόνιοι πεφύασι, δηρὸν δὴ μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἄκριτον· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 13:8)

Synonyms

  1. very hard or rugged

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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