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ὁλκός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁλκός ὁλκή ὁλκόν

Structure: ὁλκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/lkw

Sense

  1. drawing to oneself, attractive

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ὁλκός ὁλκή ὁλκόν
Genitive ὁλκοῦ ὁλκῆς ὁλκοῦ
Dative ὁλκῷ ὁλκῇ ὁλκῷ
Accusative ὁλκόν ὁλκήν ὁλκόν
Vocative ὁλκέ ὁλκή ὁλκόν
DualN/A/V ὁλκώ ὁλκᾱ́ ὁλκώ
G/D ὁλκοῖν ὁλκαῖν ὁλκοῖν
PluralNominative ὁλκοί ὁλκαί ὁλκά
Genitive ὁλκῶν ὁλκῶν ὁλκῶν
Dative ὁλκοῖς ὁλκαῖς ὁλκοῖς
Accusative ὁλκούς ὁλκᾱ́ς ὁλκά
Vocative ὁλκοί ὁλκαί ὁλκά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὁλκός ὁλκοῦ ὁλκότερος ὁλκοτεροῦ ὁλκότατος ὁλκοτατοῦ
Adverb ὁλκώς ὁλκότερον ὁλκότατα

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

  • Ἢ οὖν οὐχὶ καὶ ὀρθῶσ τισ φαίη τὴν σκιὰν ὑμᾶσ θηρεύειν ἐάσαντασ τὸ σῶμα ἢ τοῦ ὄφεωσ τὸ σύφαρ ἀμελήσαντασ τοῦ ὁλκοῦ, μᾶλλον δὲ τὸ ὅμοιον ποιεῖν ὥσπερ εἴ τισ ἐσ ὅλμον ὕδωρ ἐκχέασ ὑπέρῳ σιδηρῷ πτίττοι πράττειν ἀναγκαῖόν τι καὶ προὔργου οἰόμενοσ, οὐκ εἰδὼσ ὅτι ἂν ἀποβάλῃ, φασί, τοὺσ ὤμουσ πτίττων, ὕδωρ ὁμοίωσ τὸ ὕδωρ μένει; (Lucian, 164:3)

Synonyms

  1. drawing to oneself

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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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