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πυκνός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυκνός πυκνή πυκνόν

Structure: πυκν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu/c

Sense

  1. close, compact
  2. close, firm, solid, a well-stuffed
  3. close-packed, crowded, thick, close, dense, a shower of
  4. frequent, many
  5. well put together, compact, fast, strong
  6. close, concealed
  7. strong, great, sore, excessive
  8. sagacious, shrewd, wise, the wise
  9. close or fast
  10. very much, constantly, sorely, greatly
  11. sagaciously, shrewdly, craftily
  12. much, often;
  13. strongly
  14. thick-falling
  15. carefully, diligently

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative πυκνός πυκνή πυκνόν
Genitive πυκνοῦ πυκνῆς πυκνοῦ
Dative πυκνῷ πυκνῇ πυκνῷ
Accusative πυκνόν πυκνήν πυκνόν
Vocative πυκνέ πυκνή πυκνόν
DualN/A/V πυκνώ πυκνᾱ́ πυκνώ
G/D πυκνοῖν πυκναῖν πυκνοῖν
PluralNominative πυκνοί πυκναί πυκνά
Genitive πυκνῶν πυκνῶν πυκνῶν
Dative πυκνοῖς πυκναῖς πυκνοῖς
Accusative πυκνούς πυκνᾱ́ς πυκνά
Vocative πυκνοί πυκναί πυκνά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective πυκνός πυκνοῦ πυκνότερος πυκνοτεροῦ πυκνότατος πυκνοτατοῦ
Adverb πυκνώς πυκνότερον πυκνότατα

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

  • γοεραί μὲν ἐπιμύουσιν ὀπωπαί, πυκνὰ δὲ μυρομένησ θαλεραὶ μινύθουσι παρειαί. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1168)
  • πυκνὰ δὲ τίλλε κόμην, χρυσέην δ’ ἔρριψε καλύπτρην Κασσάνδρη νεόφοιτον ἀπ’ ἀκροπόληοσ ἰδοῦσα. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1201)
  • ὅστε ἀρυσάμενοσ ποταμῶν ἄπο αἰεναόντων, ὑψοῦ ὑπὲρ γαίησ ἀρθεὶσ ἀνέμοιο θυέλλῃ ἄλλοτε μέν θ’ ὑεί ποτὶ ἕσπερον, ἄλλοτ’ ἀήσι πυκνὰ Θρηικίου Βορέου νέφεα κλονέοντοσ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 61:8)
  • "καὶ ἀεὶ ὁ Ἄθωσ πλείσθω καὶ ὁ Ἑλλήσποντοσ πεζευέσθω καὶ ὁ ἥλιοσ ὑπὸ τῶν Μηδικῶν βελῶν σκεπέσθω καὶ Ξέρξησ φευγέτω καὶ Λεωνίδασ θαυμαζέσθω καὶ τὰ Ὀθρυάδου γράμματα ἀναγιγνωσκέσθω, καὶ ἡ Σαλαμὶσ καὶ τὸ Ἀρτεμίσιον καὶ αἱ Πλαταιαὶ πολλὰ ταῦτα καὶ πυκνά. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:33)
  • εἰᾶ μάλ’ ἔμβη ὢ εἰᾶ κοῦφα πάλλων, ὡσ Σπάρταν ὑμνίωμεσ, τᾷ σιῶν χοροὶ μέλοντι καὶ ποδῶν κτύποσ, ᾇ τε πῶλοι ταὶ κόραι πὰρ τὸν Εὐρωταν ἀμπάλλοντι πυκνὰ ποδοῖν ἀγκονίωαι, ταὶ δὲ κόμαι σείονθ’ ᾇπερ Βακχᾶν θυρσαδδωᾶν καὶ παιδδωᾶν. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene, lyric2)
  • ἡμᾶσ τοίνυν μετὰ τοῦτ’ ἤδη τὰσ λαμπάδασ ἁψαμένασ χρὴ ξυζωσαμένασ εὖ κἀνδρείωσ τῶν θ’ ἱματίων ἀποδύσασ ζητεῖν, εἴ που κἄλλοσ τισ ἀνὴρ ἀνελήλυθε, καὶ περιθρέξαι τὴν πύκνα πᾶσαν καὶ τὰσ σκηνὰσ καὶ τὰσ διόδουσ διαθρῆσαι. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Choral, anapests1)

Synonyms

  1. close

  2. close

  3. close-packed

  4. frequent

  5. close

  6. sagacious

  7. close or fast

  8. much

  9. strongly

  10. thick-falling

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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