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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

  • οἱ δ’ οὐδὲν ἡμῖν ἐν γένει πεφυκότεσ, πάλαι παρόντεσ, οἳ μὲν ἐν χωστοῖσ τάφοισ κεῖνται πεσόντεσ, πίστισ οὐ σμικρὰ πόλει, οἳ δ’ ἔν θ’ ὅπλοισι καὶ παρ’ ἱππείοισ ὄχοισ ψυχρὰν ἀήσιν δίψιόν τε πῦρ θεοῦ μένουσι καρτεροῦντεσ, οὐκ ἐν δεμνίοισ πυκνὴν ἄμυστιν ὡσ σὺ δεξιούμενοι. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambics13)
  • νῦν δὴ δεῖ σε πυκνὴν φρένα καὶ φιλόσοφον ἐγείρειν φροντίδ’ ἐπισταμένην ταῖσι φίλαισιν ἀμύνειν. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Agon, strophe1)
  • ὡσ ἐμὸν κάμνει γόνυ, πυκνὴν δὲ βαίνων ἤλυσιν μόλισ περῶ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode7)
  • καὶ τοῖσι ναύτῃσιν ἐκπλαγεῖσιν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν τὰ ἐρετμὰ ἐκπεσεῖν, αὐτὸσ δὲ ἐπιὼν παρακαλέειν τε καὶ θαρσύνειν, καὶ κατ̓ οὕστινασ παραπλώων ἐγίνετο, ἐσ μέτωπόν τε κελεῦσαι καταστῆσαι ὡσ ἐπὶ ναυμαχίῃ τὰσ νέασ, καὶ ἐπαλαλάζοντασ ὁμοῦ τῷ ὀρθίῳ πυκνήν τε καὶ σὺν κτύπῳ πολλῷ τὴν εἰρεσίην ποιέεσθαι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 30 3:2)
  • ἡ γὰρ κεραμῖτισ φύσιν ἔχουσα λιπαρὰν καὶ πυκνὴν στέγει παραλαβοῦσα τὸ ὑγρὸν καὶ οὐ διίησι· (Plutarch, De vitando aere alieno, chapter, section 1 2:1)

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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