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λαίμαργος?

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: laimargos

Principal Part: λαίμαργος λαίμαργον

Structure: λαιμαργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. very greedy, gluttonous

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative λαίμαργος λαίμαργον
Genitive λαιμάργου λαιμάργου
Dative λαιμάργῳ λαιμάργῳ
Accusative λαίμαργον λαίμαργον
Vocative λαίμαργε λαίμαργον
DualN/A/V λαιμάργω λαιμάργω
G/D λαιμάργοιν λαιμάργοιν
PluralNominative λαίμαργοι λαίμαργα
Genitive λαιμάργων λαιμάργων
Dative λαιμάργοις λαιμάργοις
Accusative λαιμάργους λαίμαργα
Vocative λαίμαργοι λαίμαργα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective λαίμαργος λαιμάργου λαιμαργότερος λαιμαργοτέρου λαιμαργότατος λαιμαργοτάτου
Adverb λαιμάργως λαιμαργότερον λαιμαργότατα

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

  • καὶ τὸν Ὀδυσσέα δὲ Ὅμηρος πολυφάγον καὶ λαίμαργον παραδίδωσιν ὅταν λέγῃ: (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 31)
  • Μάξιμος δὲ ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Λαίμαργος, στρατηγὸς πεμφθεὶς καὶ παραγενόμενος ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον, ἰδὼν τὸ τρόπαιον τὸν οἰωνὸν ἀσμένως ἐδέξατο: (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 3 2:2)
  • Μάιος δὲ ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς Λαίμαργος, στρατηγὸς πεμφθεὶς καὶ παραγενόμενος ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον, ἰδὼν τὸ τρόπαιον, τὸν οἰωνὸν ἀσμένως ἐδέξατο: (Plutarch, Parallela minora, section 3 6:2)
  • ἐφ ὧν οὖν ζῳών φύσει λαιμάργων ὑπαρχόντων ἥ τ εὐρυχωρία τοῦ στόματός ἐστι δαψιλὴς ἥ τε τῆς γαστρὸς θέσις ἐγγύς, ὡς ἐπὶ συνόδοντός τε καὶ χάννης, οὐδὲν θαυμαστόν, ὅταν ἱκανῶς πεινάσαντα διώκῃ τι τῶν μικροτέρων ζῳών, εἶτ ἤδη πλησίον ᾖ τοῦ συλλαβεῖν, ἀνατρέχειν ἐπειγούσης τῆς ἐπιθυμίας εἰς τὸ στόμα τὴν γαστέρα. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 839)
  • ἐς βαθὺν ἥλατο Νεῖλον ἀπ ὀφρύος ὀξὺς ὁδίτης, ἡνίκα λαιμάργων εἶδε λύκων ἀγέλην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2521)

Synonyms

  1. very greedy

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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