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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

  • τροφὴ νῦν ἀπεπτοτέρη, ὡσ ὑπὸ ὀδόντων λάβρων τετριμμένη μοῦνον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 212)
  • τὸ δὲ μέγιστον, λάβρων γεγενημένων τῶν ὄμβρων ὁ ποταμὸσ βιαιοτέρῳ τῷ ῥεύματι καταφερόμενοσ πολλοὺσ ἐβάπτιζε καὶ μετὰ τῶν ὅπλων διανηχομένουσ διέφθειρε. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvi, chapter 80 3:2)
  • δι’ ἃ δὴ τῶν μὲν λάβρων καὶ μεγάλων ποταμῶν τὰ μὲν χώματα μακρὰν συνίσταται, τὰ δὲ παρὰ τὴν χέρσον ἐστὶν ἀγχιβαθῆ, τῶν δ’ ἐλαττόνων καὶ πρᾴωσ ῥεόντων παρ’ αὐτὰσ τὰσ εἰσβολὰσ οἱ θῖνεσ συνίστανται. (Polybius, Histories, book 4, chapter 41 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. furious

  2. huge

  3. hasty

  4. fierce

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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