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ὀπισθονυγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀπισθονυγής ὀπισθονυγές

Structure: ὀπισθονυγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: nu/ssw

Sense

  1. pricking from behind

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὀπισθονυγής ὀπισθόνυγες
Genitive ὀπισθονυγούς ὀπισθονύγους
Dative ὀπισθονυγεί ὀπισθονύγει
Accusative ὀπισθονυγή ὀπισθόνυγες
Vocative ὀπισθονυγές ὀπισθόνυγες
DualN/A/V ὀπισθονυγεί ὀπισθονύγει
G/D ὀπισθονυγοίν ὀπισθονύγοιν
PluralNominative ὀπισθονυγείς ὀπισθονύγη
Genitive ὀπισθονυγών ὀπισθονύγων
Dative ὀπισθονυγέσιν* ὀπισθονύγεσιν*
Accusative ὀπισθονυγείς ὀπισθονύγη
Vocative ὀπισθονυγείς ὀπισθονύγη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀπισθονυγής ὀπισθονυγούς ὀπισθονυγέστερος ὀπισθονυγεστέρου ὀπισθονυγέστατος ὀπισθονυγεστάτου
Adverb ὀπισθονυγέως ὀπισθονυγέστερον ὀπισθονυγέστατα

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

  • κέντρα τ’ ὀπισθονυγῆ, καὶ βουστρόφα δεσμὰ τενόντων, καὶ τρίνακασ ξυλίνασ, χεῖρασ ἀρουροπονων, γυῖ’ ἅτε πηρωθεὶσ Λυσίξενοσ αὔλακι πολλῇ ἐκρέμασεν Δηοῖ τῇ σταχυοστεφάνῳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 104 1:1)

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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