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πολύθηρος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: polythēros

Principal Part: πολύθηρος πολύθηρον

Structure: πολυθηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: θήρ

Sense

  1. abounding in wild beasts

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative πολύθηρος πολύθηρον
Genitive πολυθήρου πολυθήρου
Dative πολυθήρῳ πολυθήρῳ
Accusative πολύθηρον πολύθηρον
Vocative πολύθηρε πολύθηρον
DualN/A/V πολυθήρω πολυθήρω
G/D πολυθήροιν πολυθήροιν
PluralNominative πολύθηροι πολύθηρα
Genitive πολυθήρων πολυθήρων
Dative πολυθήροις πολυθήροις
Accusative πολυθήρους πολύθηρα
Vocative πολύθηροι πολύθηρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective πολύθηρος πολυθήρου πολυθηρότερος πολυθηροτέρου πολυθηρότατος πολυθηροτάτου
Adverb πολυθήρως πολυθηρότερον πολυθηρότατα

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

  • παραδείσοισί τε παντοίοισι τεθηλέναι, καὶ ποταμοῖσι καθαροῖσι διαρρέεσθαι καὶ λίμνῃσι, καὶ ὄρνισιν ὁκόσοισιν ἀμφὶ ποταμούς τε καὶ λίμνας ἐστὶ τὰ ἤθεα ἵπποισί τε ἀγαθὴν εἶναι, καὶ τοῖσιν ἄλλοισιν ὑποζυγίοισι νέμεσθαι, καὶ ὑλώδεά τε πολλαχῆ καὶ πολύθηρον. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 40 5:1)
  • εἰς δὲ τὴν ἐντὸς θάλατταν πλέουσιν ἀπὸ Λυγγὸς πόλις ἐστὶ Ζῆλις καὶ Τίγα, εἶτα τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀδελφῶν μνήματα καὶ τὸ ὑπερκείμενον ὄρος ὄνομα Ἀβίλη πολύθηρον καὶ μεγαλόδενδρον. (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. abounding in wild beasts

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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