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προθέλυμνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: προθέλυμνος προθέλυμνον

Structure: προθελυμν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qe/lumnon

Sense

  1. from the foundations or roots, by the roots, uprooted
  2. close-pressed, the several shields

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative προθέλυμνος προθέλυμνον
Genitive προθελύμνου προθελύμνου
Dative προθελύμνῳ προθελύμνῳ
Accusative προθέλυμνον προθέλυμνον
Vocative προθέλυμνε προθέλυμνον
DualN/A/V προθελύμνω προθελύμνω
G/D προθελύμνοιν προθελύμνοιν
PluralNominative προθέλυμνοι προθέλυμνα
Genitive προθελύμνων προθελύμνων
Dative προθελύμνοις προθελύμνοις
Accusative προθελύμνους προθέλυμνα
Vocative προθέλυμνοι προθέλυμνα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective προθέλυμνος προθελύμνου προθελυμνότερος προθελυμνοτέρου προθελυμνότατος προθελυμνοτάτου
Adverb προθελύμνως προθελυμνότερον προθελυμνότατα

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

  • εἰσ τὸν αὐτόν ὑψιμέδων Θεοῦ υἱέ, φαοσφόρον ἀίδιον φῶσ, σήν μοι ὄπαζε χάριν καὶ νῦν καὶ ἔπειτα καὶ αἰεί, ὡσ προθέλυμνον ἐοῦσαν ὅτῳ καὶ ὅπῃ κατανεύσεισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 261)
  • οἴμ’ ὡσ προθέλυμνόν μ’ ὦ Τρυγαἶ ἀπώλεσασ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Episode16)

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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