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ναυσιπόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ναυσιπόρος

Structure: ναυσιπορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cf. nausi/poros

Sense

  1. passing in a ship, seafaring
  2. causing a ship to pass

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ναυσιπόρος ναυσίπορον
Genitive ναυσιπόρου ναυσιπόρου
Dative ναυσιπόρῳ ναυσιπόρῳ
Accusative ναυσιπόρον ναυσίπορον
Vocative ναυσιπόρε ναυσίπορον
DualN/A/V ναυσιπόρω ναυσιπόρω
G/D ναυσιπόροιν ναυσιπόροιν
PluralNominative ναυσιπόροι ναυσίπορα
Genitive ναυσιπόρων ναυσιπόρων
Dative ναυσιπόροις ναυσιπόροις
Accusative ναυσιπόρους ναυσίπορα
Vocative ναυσιπόροι ναυσίπορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ναυσιπόρος ναυσιπόρου ναυσιπορότερος ναυσιποροτέρου ναυσιπορότατος ναυσιποροτάτου
Adverb ναυσιπόρως ναυσιπορότερον ναυσιπορότατα

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 οὗτοσ ναυσίποροσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 7 8:5)
  • οὐ γάρ πω πάροσ ὧδ’ ἐφοβήθη ναυσιπόροσ στρατιά. (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, antistrophe 13)
  • τούτων λέγει Μεγασθένησ οὐδένα εἶναι τοῦ Μαιάνδρου ἀποδέοντα, ἵναπερ ναυσίποροσ ὁ Μαίανδροσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 4 6:1)
  • ὡσ γὰρ ἐγὼ νῦν πυνθάνομαι, ἐν μέσῳ ἡμῶν καὶ βασιλέωσ ὁ Τίγρησ ποταμόσ ἐστι ναυσίποροσ, ὃν οὐκ ἂν δυναίμεθα ἄνευ πλοίων διαβῆναι· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 4:4)
  • διαλιπὸν δὲ μάλιστα δύο καὶ εἴκοσι στάδια ἄνεισι τὸ ὕδωρ αὖθισ, καὶ ὄνομα Βαφύρασ ἀντὶ Ἑλικῶνοσ λαβὼν κάτεισιν ἐσ θάλασσαν ναυσίποροσ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 30 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. passing in a ship

Derived

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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