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παλαίχθων

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: παλαίχθων παλαίχθονος

Structure: παλαιχθων (Stem)

Sense

  1. that has been long in a country, an ancient inhabitant, indigenous

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παλαίχθων παλαίχθονε παλαίχθονες
Genitive παλαίχθονος παλαιχθόνοιν παλαιχθόνων
Dative παλαίχθονι παλαιχθόνοιν παλαίχθοσιν*
Accusative παλαίχθονα παλαίχθονε παλαίχθονας
Vocative παλαίχθων παλαίχθονε παλαίχθονες

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

  • τοῦ γηγενοῦσ γάρ εἰμ’ ἐγὼ Παλαίχθονοσ ἶνισ Πελασγόσ, τῆσδε γῆσ ἀρχηγέτησ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 3:10)
  • Παλαίχθονοσ τέκοσ, κλῦθί μου πρόφρονι καρδίᾳ, Πελασγῶν ἄναξ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 11)

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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