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παῦρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: παῦρος παῦρον

Structure: παυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pau/w

Sense

  1. little, small, short
  2. few, fewer, few times, seldom

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative παῦρος παῦρον
Genitive παύρου παύρου
Dative παύρῳ παύρῳ
Accusative παῦρον παῦρον
Vocative παῦρε παῦρον
DualN/A/V παύρω παύρω
G/D παύροιν παύροιν
PluralNominative παῦροι παῦρα
Genitive παύρων παύρων
Dative παύροις παύροις
Accusative παύρους παῦρα
Vocative παῦροι παῦρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective παῦρος παύρου παυρότερος παυροτέρου παυρότατος παυροτάτου
Adverb παύρως παυρότερον παυρότατα

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

  • καὶ τὸ οἴσεισ δ̓ ἐν φορμῷ, παῦροι δέ σε θηήσονται, καὶ πάλιν ὅσα ἀγαθὰ περιέσται τοῖσ ὀρθῶσ γεωργοῦσι, χρησιμωτάτη ἂν τῷ βίῳ μαντικὴ νομίζοιτο. (Lucian, 10:3)
  • παῦροι δέ σε θηήσονται. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 55:2)
  • παῦροι δ’ αὖτε ἴσασι τρισεινάδα μηνὸσ ἀρίστην ἄρξασθαί τε πίθου καὶ ἐπὶ ζυγὸν αὐχένι θεῖναι βουσὶ καὶ ἡμιόνοισι καὶ ἵπποισ ὠκυπόδεσσι, νῆα πολυκλήιδα θοὴν εἰσ οἴνοπα πόντον εἰρύμεναι· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 100:1)
  • παῦροι δέ τ’ ἀληθέα κικλῄσκουσιν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 100:2)
  • παῦροι δ’ αὖτε μετ’ εἰκάδα μηνὸσ ἀρίστην ἠοῦσ γιγνομένησ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 101:3)

Synonyms

  1. little

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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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