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παιγνιήμων

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παιγνιήμων παιγνιήμον

Structure: παιγνιημων (Stem)

Etym.: from paigni/a

Sense

  1. fond of a joke

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative παιγνιήμων παιγνίημον
Genitive παιγνιήμονος παιγνιήμονος
Dative παιγνιήμονι παιγνιήμονι
Accusative παιγνιήμονα παιγνίημον
Vocative παιγνιῆμον παιγνίημον
DualN/A/V παιγνιήμονε παιγνιήμονε
G/D παιγνιημόνοιν παιγνιημόνοιν
PluralNominative παιγνιήμονες παιγνιήμονα
Genitive παιγνιημόνων παιγνιημόνων
Dative παιγνιήμοσιν* παιγνιήμοσιν*
Accusative παιγνιήμονας παιγνιήμονα
Vocative παιγνιήμονες παιγνιήμονα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective παιγνιήμων παιγνιήμονος παιγνιημονέστερος παιγνιημονεστέρου παιγνιημονέστατος παιγνιημονεστάτου
Adverb παιγνιημόνως παιγνιημονέστερον παιγνιημονέστατα

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 μὲν ὄρθριον μέχρι ὅτευ πληθούσησ ἀγορῆσ προθύμωσ ἔπρησσε τὰ προσφερόμενα πρήγματα, τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου ἔπινέ τε καὶ κατέσκωπτε τοὺσ συμπότασ καὶ ἦν μάταιόσ τε καὶ παιγνιήμων. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 173 2:2)

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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