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νωθρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νωθρός νωθρή νωθρόν

Structure: νωθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = nwqh/s

Sense

  1. sluggish, slothful, torpid

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative νωθρός νωθρᾱ́ νωθρόν
Genitive νωθροῦ νωθρᾶς νωθροῦ
Dative νωθρῷ νωθρᾷ νωθρῷ
Accusative νωθρόν νωθρᾱ́ν νωθρόν
Vocative νωθρέ νωθρᾱ́ νωθρόν
DualN/A/V νωθρώ νωθρᾱ́ νωθρώ
G/D νωθροῖν νωθραῖν νωθροῖν
PluralNominative νωθροί νωθραί νωθρά
Genitive νωθρῶν νωθρῶν νωθρῶν
Dative νωθροῖς νωθραῖς νωθροῖς
Accusative νωθρούς νωθρᾱ́ς νωθρά
Vocative νωθροί νωθραί νωθρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective νωθρός νωθροῦ νωθρότερος νωθροτεροῦ νωθρότατος νωθροτατοῦ
Adverb νωθρώς νωθρότερον νωθρότατα

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

  • χἁ μὲν ἀπὸ σκοπέλοιο χαλᾷ πόδασ ἠθάδι νάρκᾳ νωθρούσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 147 1:1)
  • τοὺσ δὲ νωθροὺσ καὶ βραδεῖσ μισοῦσι καὶ ἀποδοκιμάζουσιν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 3:4)
  • πρὸσ ἅπαντα δὴ ταῦτα ἀμηχάνωσ ἔχων ἀφικόμην εἰσ ἄνδρασ οὐ νωθροὺσ οὐδὲ σχολὴν ἄγοντασ ἀκροᾶσθαι λόγων, ἀλλὰ μετεώρουσ καὶ ἀγωνιῶντασ καθάπερ ἵππουσ ἀγωνιστὰσ ἐπὶ τῶν ὑσπλήγων, οὐκ ἀνεχομένουσ τὸν χρόνον, ὑπὸ σπουδῆσ δὲ καὶ προθυμίασ κόπτοντασ τὸ ἔδαφοσ ταῖσ ὁπλαῖσ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 23:1)

Synonyms

  1. sluggish

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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