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νωτιαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νωτιαῖος νωτιαῖη νωτιαῖον

Structure: νωτιαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nw=ton

Sense

  1. of the back or spine, spinal

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative νωτιαῖος νωτιαίᾱ νωτιαῖον
Genitive νωτιαίου νωτιαίᾱς νωτιαίου
Dative νωτιαίῳ νωτιαίᾱͅ νωτιαίῳ
Accusative νωτιαῖον νωτιαίᾱν νωτιαῖον
Vocative νωτιαῖε νωτιαίᾱ νωτιαῖον
DualN/A/V νωτιαίω νωτιαίᾱ νωτιαίω
G/D νωτιαίοιν νωτιαίαιν νωτιαίοιν
PluralNominative νωτιαῖοι νωτιαῖαι νωτιαῖα
Genitive νωτιαίων νωτιαιῶν νωτιαίων
Dative νωτιαίοις νωτιαίαις νωτιαίοις
Accusative νωτιαίους νωτιαίᾱς νωτιαῖα
Vocative νωτιαῖοι νωτιαῖαι νωτιαῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective νωτιαῖος νωτιαίου νωτιαιότερος νωτιαιοτέρου νωτιαιότατος νωτιαιοτάτου
Adverb νωτιαίως νωτιαιότερον νωτιαιότατα

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

  • Αἱ δὲ φλεβῶν καὶ ἀρτηριῶν κοινωνίαι ἐν ἐτέρῳ λόγῳ δεδηλώσονται, ὅσαι τε καὶ οἱαῖ, καὶ ὅθεν ὡρμημέναι, καὶ ἐν οἱοίσιν οἱᾶ δύνανται, αὐτὸσ δὲ ὁ νωτιαῖοσ οἷσιν ἐλύτρωται ἐλύτροισι, καὶ ὅθεν ὡρμημένοισι, καὶ ὅπη κραίνουσιν, καὶ οἷσι κοινωνέουσι, καὶ οἱᾶ δυναμένοισιν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 45.4)
  • Ὅ τε αὖ νωτιαῖοσ πονοίη ἂν, εἰ ἐξ ὀλίγου χωρίου τὴν περικαμπὴν ἔχοι, τοιαύτην ἔξαλσιν ἐξαλλομένου σπονδύλου‧ ὅ τ’ ἐκπηδήσασ σπόνδυλοσ πιέζοι ἂν τὸν νωτιαῖον, εἰ μὴ καὶ ἀποῤῬήξειεν‧ πιεχθεὶσ δ’ ἂν καὶ ἀπολελαμμένοσ, πολλῶν ἂν καὶ μεγάλων καὶ ἐπικαίρων ἀπονάρκωσιν ποιήσειεν‧ ὥστε οὐκ ἂν μέλοι τῷ ἰητρῷ, ὅκωσ χρὴ τὸν σπόνδυλον κατορθῶσαι, πολλῶν καὶ βιαίων ἄλλων κακῶν παρεόντων. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 46.3)
  • Διὰ οὖν τοῦτο καὶ ὁ νωτιαῖοσ μυελὸσ εὐφόρωσ φέρει τὰσ τοιαύτασ διαστροφὰσ, ὅτι κυκλώδησ αὐτῷ ἡ διαστροφὴ γίνεται, ἀλλ’ οὐ γωνιώδησ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 47.4)

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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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