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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

  • νεφέλαι πυκναὶ ἀνασπάσασαι μύρον ἐκ τῶν πηγῶν καὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἐπιστᾶσαι ὑπὲρ τὸ συμπόσιον ἠρέμα τῶν ἀνέμων ὑποθλιβόντων ὑούσι λεπτὸν ὥσπερ δρόσον. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 14:7)
  • τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν γένοσ τὸ ἐν τῇ Εὐρώπῃ διάφορον αὐτὸ ἑωυτῷ ἐστι καὶ κατὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ καὶ κατὰ τὰσ μορφὰσ διὰ τὰσ μεταλλαγὰσ τῶν ὡρέων, ὅτι μεγάλαι γίνονται καὶ πυκναί, καὶ θάλπεά τε ἰσχυρὰ καὶ χειμῶνεσ καρτεροὶ καὶ ὄμβροι πολλοὶ καὶ αὖτισ αὐχμοὶ πολυχρόνιοι καὶ πνεύματα, ἐξ ὧν μεταβολαὶ πολλαὶ καὶ παντοδαπαί. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xxiii.2)
  • αἱ γὰρ ἐκπλήξιεσ πυκναὶ γινόμεναι τῆσ γνώμησ τὴν ἀγριότητα ἐντιθέασι, τὸ δὲ ἥμερόν τε καὶ ἤπιον ἀμαυροῦσι. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xxiii.7)
  • Ἢν ἐπὶ δυσεντερίῃσι καὶ ἕλκεσι πλατέσι καὶ κάρτα βαθέσι τῶν ἄνω ἐντέρων ὠτειλαὶ ἐγγίγνωνται πυκναὶ, παχεῖαι , στερέμνιοι , τὰ σιτία ἐκ τῶνδε ἐσ τὰ κάτω διεκθέει, ὑγρὰ, ἀδιάκρι τα τοῦ τροφίμου· τὸ γὰρ τῶν ἐντέρων ἀραιὸν δι’ οὗπερ ἐσ τὴν ἄνω φορὴν ἡ τροφὴ ἀναί̈σσει, ἀπέκλεισεν ἡ ὠτειλή. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 247)
  • ἀγαθὸν μὲν γὰρ ὑγρασίη ἐξ αὐχμοῦ τῆσ νούσου καὶ ταλαιπωρίῃ τῆσ ἰήσιοσ· ἀραιαὶ δὲ καὶ μαλθακαὶ σάρκεσ Ῥηϊσταὶ πρὸσ ἄφεσιν τοῦ νοσήματοσ· ξηραὶ δὲ καὶ πυκναὶ τοῖσ μελαγχολῶσι αἱ σάρκεσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 201)

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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