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ὀρφναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρφναῖος ὀρφναῖη ὀρφναῖον

Structure: ὀρφναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from o)/rfnh

Sense

  1. dark, dusky, murky
  2. nightly, by night

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ὀρφναῖος ὀρφναίᾱ ὀρφναῖον
Genitive ὀρφναίου ὀρφναίᾱς ὀρφναίου
Dative ὀρφναίῳ ὀρφναίᾱͅ ὀρφναίῳ
Accusative ὀρφναῖον ὀρφναίᾱν ὀρφναῖον
Vocative ὀρφναῖε ὀρφναίᾱ ὀρφναῖον
DualN/A/V ὀρφναίω ὀρφναίᾱ ὀρφναίω
G/D ὀρφναίοιν ὀρφναίαιν ὀρφναίοιν
PluralNominative ὀρφναῖοι ὀρφναῖαι ὀρφναῖα
Genitive ὀρφναίων ὀρφναιῶν ὀρφναίων
Dative ὀρφναίοις ὀρφναίαις ὀρφναίοις
Accusative ὀρφναίους ὀρφναίᾱς ὀρφναῖα
Vocative ὀρφναῖοι ὀρφναῖαι ὀρφναῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀρφναῖος ὀρφναίου ὀρφναιώτερος ὀρφναιωτέρου ὀρφναιώτατος ὀρφναιωτάτου
Adverb ὀρφναίως ὀρφναιώτερον ὀρφναιώτατα

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

  • τί φέγγοσ, τίν’ αἴγλαν ἐδίφρευε τόθ’ ἅλιοσ σελάνα τε κατ’ αἰθέρα, λαμπάδ’ ἵν’ ὠκυθόαι νύμφαι, ἱππεύουσι δι’ ὀρφναίασ, ἁνίκα <γάμων> γάμων τῶν ἐμῶν πόλισ Ἄργουσ ἀοιδάσ, εὐδαιμονίασ, ἐπύργωσε καὶ γαμέτα χαλκεοτευχοῦσ, αἰαῖ, Καπανέωσ. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, strophe 11)
  • ὦ δῶμα ναίων νυκτὸσ ὀρφναίασ πάτερ, καλεῖ σ’ Ὀρέστησ παῖσ σὸσ ἐπίκουρον μολεῖν τοῖσ δεομένοισι. (Euripides, episode, anapests 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. dark

  2. nightly

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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