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νωθής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νωθής νωθές

Structure: νωθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. sluggish, slothful, torpid
  2. dull, stupid, somewhat dull

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative νωθής νῶθες
Genitive νωθούς νώθους
Dative νωθεί νώθει
Accusative νωθή νῶθες
Vocative νωθές νῶθες
DualN/A/V νωθεί νώθει
G/D νωθοίν νώθοιν
PluralNominative νωθείς νώθη
Genitive νωθών νώθων
Dative νωθέσιν* νώθεσιν*
Accusative νωθείς νώθη
Vocative νωθείς νώθη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective νωθής νωθούς νωθέστερος νωθεστέρου νωθέστατος νωθεστάτου
Adverb νωθέως νωθέστερον νωθέστατα

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

  • τὸ μὲν οὖν ἐκ πυρὸσ ὑπερβολῆσ μάλιστα νοσῆσαν σῶμα συνεχῆ καύματα καὶ πυρετοὺσ ἀπεργάζεται, τὸ δ’ ἐξ ἀέροσ ἀμφημερινούσ, τριταίουσ δ’ ὕδατοσ διὰ τὸ νωθέστερον ἀέροσ καὶ πυρὸσ αὐτὸ εἶναι· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 450:1)
  • δύο δ’ αὐτῇ παίδων ὄντων ἐξ Ἀλεξάνδρου τὸν μὲν πρεσβύτερον Ὑρκανὸν διά τε τὴν ἡλικίαν ἀποδείκνυσιν ἀρχιερέα καὶ ἄλλωσ ὄντα νωθέστερον ἢ ὥστε ἐνοχλεῖν περὶ τῶν ὅλων, τὸν δὲ νεώτερον Ἀριστόβουλον διὰ θερμότητα κατεῖχεν ἰδιώτην. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 156:1)

Synonyms

  1. sluggish

  2. dull

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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