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παραβλώψ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: παραβλώψ παραβλῶπος

Structure: παραβλωπ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: parable/pw

Sense

  1. looking askance, squinting

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παραβλώψ παραβλῶπε παραβλῶπες
Genitive παραβλῶπος παραβλώποιν παραβλώπων
Dative παραβλῶπι παραβλώποιν παραβλῶψιν*
Accusative παραβλῶπα παραβλῶπε παραβλῶπας
Vocative παραβλώψ παραβλῶπε παραβλῶπες

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

  • ἡμίονοι σύγγηροι ἐμὴν κομέουσιν ἀπήνην, ταῖσιν Ὁμηρείοισ πάντα Λιταῖσ ἴκελαι, χωλαί τε, ῥυσαί τε, παραβλῶπὲσ τ’ ὀφθαλμώ, Ἡφαίστου πομπή, σκύτινα δαιμόνια, οὔ ποτε γευσάμεναι, μὰ τὸν Ἥλιον, οὐδ’ ἐν ὀνείρῳ, οὐ θέρεοσ κριθήν, οὐκ ἐάροσ βοτάνην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3611)
  • καὶ γάρ τε λιταί εἰσι Διὸσ κοῦραι μεγάλοιο χωλαί τε ῥυσαί τε παραβλῶπέσ τ’ ὀφθαλμώ, αἵ ῥά τε καὶ μετόπισθ’ ἄτησ ἀλέγουσι κιοῦσαι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 27:7)

Synonyms

  1. looking askance

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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