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πύξινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πύξινος πύξινη πύξινον

Structure: πυξιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu/cos

Sense

  1. made of box-wood

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative πύξινος πυξίνη πύξινον
Genitive πυξίνου πυξίνης πυξίνου
Dative πυξίνῳ πυξίνῃ πυξίνῳ
Accusative πύξινον πυξίνην πύξινον
Vocative πύξινε πυξίνη πύξινον
DualN/A/V πυξίνω πυξίνᾱ πυξίνω
G/D πυξίνοιν πυξίναιν πυξίνοιν
PluralNominative πύξινοι πύξιναι πύξινα
Genitive πυξίνων πυξινῶν πυξίνων
Dative πυξίνοις πυξίναις πυξίνοις
Accusative πυξίνους πυξίνᾱς πύξινα
Vocative πύξινοι πύξιναι πύξινα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective πύξινος πυξίνου πυξινότερος πυξινοτέρου πυξινότατος πυξινοτάτου
Adverb πυξίνως πυξινότερον πυξινότατα

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

  • αὐτὰρ ἀοιδὸν ἔθηκε καὶ ἄμφω χεῖρασ ἔπλασσε πυξίνᾳ ἐν φόρμιγγι Φιλαμμονίδασ εὔμολποσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 61)

Synonyms

  1. made of box-wood

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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