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ὀστώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀστώδης ὀστώδες

Structure: ὀστωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like bone, bony

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὀστώδης ό̓στωδες
Genitive ὀστώδους ὀστώδους
Dative ὀστώδει ὀστώδει
Accusative ὀστώδη ό̓στωδες
Vocative ὀστῶδες ό̓στωδες
DualN/A/V ὀστώδει ὀστώδει
G/D ὀστώδοιν ὀστώδοιν
PluralNominative ὀστώδεις ὀστώδη
Genitive ὀστώδων ὀστώδων
Dative ὀστώδεσιν* ὀστώδεσιν*
Accusative ὀστώδεις ὀστώδη
Vocative ὀστώδεις ὀστώδη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀστώδης ὀστώδους ὀστωδέστερος ὀστωδεστέρου ὀστωδέστατος ὀστωδεστάτου
Adverb ὀστωδέως ὀστωδέστερον ὀστωδέστατα

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

  • οὗτοι, ὡσ Ἀριστοτέλησ ἱστορεῖ, μονήρεισ εἰσὶ καὶ σαρκοφάγοι, γλῶσσαν δ’ ἔχουσιν ὀστώδη καὶ προσπεφυκυῖαν, καρδίαν τρίγωνον ἐν δὲ πέμπτῳ ζῴων μορίων τίκτειν αὐτοὺσ καθάπερ τοὺσ κεστρεῖσ καὶ χρυσόφρυασ μάλιστ’ οὗ ἂν ποταμοὶ ῥέωσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 862)

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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