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νύκτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νύκτερος νύκτερον

Structure: νυκτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = nukterino/s, Aesch., Soph.

Sense

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative νύκτερος νύκτερον
Genitive νυκτέρου νυκτέρου
Dative νυκτέρῳ νυκτέρῳ
Accusative νύκτερον νύκτερον
Vocative νύκτερε νύκτερον
DualN/A/V νυκτέρω νυκτέρω
G/D νυκτέροιν νυκτέροιν
PluralNominative νύκτεροι νύκτερα
Genitive νυκτέρων νυκτέρων
Dative νυκτέροις νυκτέροις
Accusative νυκτέρους νύκτερα
Vocative νύκτεροι νύκτερα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective νύκτερος νυκτέρου νυκτερώτερος νυκτερωτέρου νυκτερώτατος νυκτερωτάτου
Adverb νυκτέρως νυκτερώτερον νυκτερώτατα

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

  • τάχ’ ἂν στρατὸσ κινοῖτ’ ἀκούσασ νυκτέρουσ ἐκκλησίασ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic3)

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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