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λᾱ́βρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λᾱ́βρος λᾱ́βρος λάβρον

Structure: λᾱβρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. (Homeric, of wind and water) furious, boisterous
  2. (Homeric, of the Hellespont personified) huge, mighty
  3. (Post-Homeric, of men) boisterous, turbulent
  4. (Post-Homeric, of men, of speech) hasty
  5. (Post-Homeric, of men) fierce, violent, impetuous

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative λᾶβρος λᾶβρον
Genitive λᾱ́βρου λᾱ́βρου
Dative λᾱ́βρῳ λᾱ́βρῳ
Accusative λᾶβρον λᾶβρον
Vocative λᾶβρε λᾶβρον
DualN/A/V λᾱ́βρω λᾱ́βρω
G/D λᾱ́βροιν λᾱ́βροιν
PluralNominative λᾶβροι λᾶβρα
Genitive λᾱ́βρων λᾱ́βρων
Dative λᾱ́βροις λᾱ́βροις
Accusative λᾱ́βρους λᾶβρα
Vocative λᾶβροι λᾶβρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective λᾶβρος λᾱ́βρου λᾱβρότερος λᾱβροτέρου λᾱβρότατος λᾱβροτάτου
Adverb λᾱ́βρως λᾱβρότερον λᾱβρότατα

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

  • χειμὼν δὲ βόρειοσ‧ ὕδατα πολλά, λάβρα, μεγάλα, χιόνεσ‧ μειξαίθρια τὰ πλεῖστα. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, EPIDHMIWN A, 44)
  • "τὸ δὲ καῖρε δέρε, καί δέντησ τοὺσ ὀδόντασ, καί λάβρα τὰ χείλη ἀπὸ τοῦ λαμβάνειν τὴν βορὰν δι’ αὐτῶν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 13:4)

Synonyms

  1. furious

  2. huge

  3. hasty

  4. fierce

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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