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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

  • "Ἔστι δὲ οὐ δυσχερὲσ νεοστρατεύτων καὶ ἀπειροπολέμων ἔτι πολυπόνουσ ἀγωνιστὰσ περιγενέσθαι, ἄλλωσ τε καὶ μειρακιωδῶσ ἐσ ἀταξίαν καὶ δυσπείθειαν τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τραπέντων, ὃν ἐγὼ πυνθάνομαι δεδιότα καὶ ἄκοντα χωρεῖν ἐπὶ τὸ ἔργον, τύχῃ τε παρακμάζοντα ἤδη καὶ νωθῆ καὶ βραδὺν ἐσ ἅπαντα γεγενημένον καὶ οὐδὲ στρατηγοῦντα ἔτι μᾶλλον ἢ στρατηγούμενον. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 11 3:1)
  • ἅμα δὲ ταῦτα λέγων καὶ δι’ αὑτοῦ καθίστατο τὴν χώραν ὁρῶν τὸν Ὑρκανὸν νωθῆ τε καὶ βασιλείασ ἀτονώτερον. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 289:1)
  • Βραδὺν δ’ ὁρῶν καὶ νωθῆ τὸν Ὑρκανὸν Φασάηλον μὲν τὸν πρεσβύτατον τῶν παίδων Ιἑροσολύμων καὶ τῶν πέριξ στρατηγὸν ἀποδείκνυσιν, τῷ δὲ μετ’ αὐτὸν Ἡρώδῃ τὴν Γαλιλαίαν ἐπέτρεψεν νέῳ παντάπασιν ὄντι· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 14 202:1)

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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