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πάρισος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πάρισος πάρισον

Structure: παρις (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. almost equal, evenly balanced

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • πρῶτοσ γὰρ ἐχρήσατο τοῖσ τῆσ λέξεωσ σχηματισμοῖσ περιττοτέροισ καὶ τῇ φιλοτεχνίᾳ διαφέρουσιν, ἀντιθέτοισ καὶ ἰσοκώλοισ καὶ παρίσοισ καὶ ὁμοιοτελεύτοισ καί τισιν ἑτέροισ τοιούτοισ, ἃ τότε μὲν διὰ τὸ ξένον τῆσ κατασκευῆσ ἀποδοχῆσ ἠξιοῦτο, νῦν δὲ περιεργίαν ἔχειν δοκεῖ καὶ φαίνεται καταγέλαστα πλεονάκισ καὶ κατακόρωσ τιθέμενα. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xii, chapter 53 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. almost equal

Related

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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