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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

  • τετάχθων δὲ ἐπὶ ὀκτώ, καὶ πυκνὴ αὐτοῖσ ἔστω ἡ σύγκλεισισ. (Arrian, Acies Contra Alanos 22:1)
  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλα εὖ ποιῶν ἐδιδάξω με ἤδη, ἁρμόσασθαι τὸν αὐλὸν ἐσ τὸ ἀκριβὲσ καὶ ἐμπνεῖν ἐσ τὴν γλωσσίδα λεπτόν τι καὶ ἐμμελὲσ καὶ ὑποβάλλειν τοὺσ δακτύλουσ εὐαφῶσ ὑπὸ πυκνῇ τῇ ἄρσει καὶ θέσει καὶ βαίνειν ἐν ῥυθμῷ καὶ σύμφωνα εἶναι τὰ μέλη πρὸσ τὸν χορὸν καὶ τῆσ ἁρμονίασ ἑκάστησ διαφυλάττειν τὸ ἴδιον, τῆσ Φρυγίου τὸ ἔνθεον, τῆσ Λυδίου τὸ Βακχικόν, τῆσ Δωρίου τὸ σεμνόν, τῆσ Ιὠνικῆσ τὸ γλαφυρόν. (Lucian, Harmonides 1:3)
  • οὐδὲ γὰρ ὑφ’ ἡλίῳ ἔτι ποιησόμεθα τὴν συνουσίαν, ὡσ ἄχθεσθαι εἰ ἀποτείνοιτο ἡ ῥῆσισ, ἀλλὰ ἥ τε σκιὰ πυκνὴ καὶ ἡμεῖσ σχολὴν ἄγομεν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 19:7)
  • ἡ μὲν εὑρ́εσισ ἡ τῶν ἐνθυμημάτων ἡ πρὸσ ἕκαστον ἁρμόττουσα πρᾶγμα πολλὴ καὶ πυκνὴ καὶ οὐδὲν ἐκείνησ λειπομένη. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 42)
  • οὐδὲ τὸ ὄντα ἔστω στιλπνὰ καὶ καθαρά, καὶ ἡ θρίξ, εἴτε οὖν τοῦ δασέοσ γένουσ εἴτε τοῦ ψιλοῦ τύχοιεν αἱ κύνεσ, λεπτὴ ἔστω καὶ πυκνὴ καὶ μαλθακή. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 6 1:2)

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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