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ὀκτάμηνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀκτάμηνος ὀκτάμηνον

Structure: ὀκταμην (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mh/n

Sense

  1. eight months old

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὀκτάμηνος ὀκτάμηνον
Genitive ὀκταμήνου ὀκταμήνου
Dative ὀκταμήνῳ ὀκταμήνῳ
Accusative ὀκτάμηνον ὀκτάμηνον
Vocative ὀκτάμηνε ὀκτάμηνον
DualN/A/V ὀκταμήνω ὀκταμήνω
G/D ὀκταμήνοιν ὀκταμήνοιν
PluralNominative ὀκτάμηνοι ὀκτάμηνα
Genitive ὀκταμήνων ὀκταμήνων
Dative ὀκταμήνοις ὀκταμήνοις
Accusative ὀκταμήνους ὀκτάμηνα
Vocative ὀκτάμηνοι ὀκτάμηνα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀκτάμηνος ὀκταμήνου ὀκταμηνότερος ὀκταμηνοτέρου ὀκταμηνότατος ὀκταμηνοτάτου
Adverb ὀκταμήνως ὀκταμηνότερον ὀκταμηνότατα

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

  • Πόλυβοσ Διοκλῆσ οἱ Ἐμπειρικοὶ καὶ τὸν ὄγδοον μῆνα ἴσασι γόνιμον, ἀτονώτερον δέ πωσ τῷ πολλάκισ διὰ τὴν ἀτονίαν πολλοὺσ φθείρεσθαι καθολικώτερον δὲ μηδένα βούλεσθαι τὰ ὀκτάμηνα τρέφειν, γεγενῆσθαι δὲ πολλοὺσ ὀκταμηνιαίουσ ἄνδρασ ὁ δ’ Ἀριστοτέλησ καὶ Ἱπποκράτησ φασίν, ἐὰν ἐκπληρωθῇ ἡ μήτρα ἐν τοῖσ ἑπτὰ μησί, τότε προκύπτειν καὶ γεννᾶσθαι γόνιμα· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 4:1)
  • τὰ δ’ ὀκτάμηνα διὰ τὸ ἀσύνδετον τοῦ κόσμου φθείρεσθαι. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 11:2)

Synonyms

  1. eight months old

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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