Ancient Greek Dictionary

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ληπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ληπτός ληπτή ληπτόν

Structure: ληπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lamba/nw의 분사형,

Sense

  1. to be apprehended,
  2. (later) to be apprehended by the senses

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ληπτός ληπτή ληπτόν
Genitive ληπτοῦ ληπτῆς ληπτοῦ
Dative ληπτῷ ληπτῇ ληπτῷ
Accusative ληπτόν ληπτήν ληπτόν
Vocative ληπτέ ληπτή ληπτόν
DualN/A/V ληπτώ ληπτᾱ́ ληπτώ
G/D ληπτοῖν ληπταῖν ληπτοῖν
PluralNominative ληπτοί ληπταί ληπτά
Genitive ληπτῶν ληπτῶν ληπτῶν
Dative ληπτοῖς ληπταῖς ληπτοῖς
Accusative ληπτούς ληπτᾱ́ς ληπτά
Vocative ληπτοί ληπταί ληπτά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ληπτός ληπτοῦ ληπτότερος ληπτοτεροῦ ληπτότατος ληπτοτατοῦ
Adverb ληπτώς ληπτότερον ληπτότατα

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

  • "Πυθαγόρασ δ’, ὁ σεμνὸσ ἀπεδοκίμαζε τὴν κρίσιν τῆσ μουσικῆσ τὴν διὰ τῆσ αἰσθήσεωσ νῷ γὰρ ληπτὴν τὴν ταύτησ ἀρετὴν ἔφασκεν εἶναι. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 37 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. to be apprehended

  2. to be apprehended by the senses

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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