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οὐδέτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὐδέτερος οὐδέτερᾱ οὐδέτερον

Structure: οὐδετερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. not either, neither of the two, ne uter, in neither of two ways
  2. neutral

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative οὐδέτερος οὐδετέρᾱ οὐδέτερον
Genitive οὐδετέρου οὐδετέρᾱς οὐδετέρου
Dative οὐδετέρῳ οὐδετέρᾱͅ οὐδετέρῳ
Accusative οὐδέτερον οὐδετέρᾱν οὐδέτερον
Vocative οὐδέτερε οὐδετέρᾱ οὐδέτερον
DualN/A/V οὐδετέρω οὐδετέρᾱ οὐδετέρω
G/D οὐδετέροιν οὐδετέραιν οὐδετέροιν
PluralNominative οὐδέτεροι οὐδέτεραι οὐδέτερα
Genitive οὐδετέρων οὐδετερῶν οὐδετέρων
Dative οὐδετέροις οὐδετέραις οὐδετέροις
Accusative οὐδετέρους οὐδετέρᾱς οὐδέτερα
Vocative οὐδέτεροι οὐδέτεραι οὐδέτερα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective οὐδέτερος οὐδετέρου οὐδετερότερος οὐδετεροτέρου οὐδετερότατος οὐδετεροτάτου
Adverb οὐδετέρως οὐδετερότερον οὐδετερότατα

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

  • τὸ δὲ δημοσίαισ ἱκεσίαισ καὶ δεήσει πρέσβεων καὶ λιταῖσ ἱερέων ἀπηνῶσ χρησάμενον εἶτα χαρίσασθαι τῇ μητρὶ τὴν ἀναχώρησιν, οὐ τῆσ μητρὸσ ἦν τιμὴ, ἀλλ’ ἀτιμία τῆσ πατρίδοσ, οἴκτῳ καὶ παραιτήσει διὰ μίαν γυναῖκα σῳζομένησ, ὡσ οὐκ ἀξίασ σῴζεσθαι δι’ αὑτήν, ἐπίφθονοσ γὰρ ἡ χάρισ καὶ ὠμὴ καὶ ἀχάριστοσ ἀληθῶσ καὶ πρὸσ οὐδετέρουσ ἔχουσα τὸ εὔγνωμον· (Plutarch, Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus, chapter 4 4:1)
  • εἶπε δὲ πᾶσιν ἀρέσαντα καὶ θαυμαστὸν λόγον ὑπὲρ Πλαταιέων, καὶ συνεβούλευσε τὴν φιλονεικίαν ἀνελεῖν ἐκείνοισ τὸ ἀριστεῖον ἀποδόντασ, οἷσ οὐδετέρουσ τιμωμένοισ ἄχθεσθαι. (Plutarch, , chapter 20 2:4)
  • ἔστην δ’ ἀμφιβαλὼν κρατερὸν σάκοσ ἀμφοτέροισι,νικᾶν δ’ οὐκ εἰάσ’ οὐδετέρουσ ἀδίκωσ. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 12 1:4)
  • τοιούτων δὲ τῶν καθόλου λεγομένων, ὁ μὲν Εὔδωροσ οὐδετέρουσ ἀμοιρεῖν οἰέται τοῦ εἰκότοσ· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 3 3:2)
  • νικᾶν δ’ οὐκ εἰάσ’ οὐδετέρουσ ἀδίκωσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 18 4:5)

Synonyms

  1. not either

Related

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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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