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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

  • νιφάδεσσι γὰρ ἐοικότα χειμερίῃσι διεξέρχονται, οὐδ’ ἀποχρήσει σοι κύκνοισ κατὰ τὴν ἡλικίαν εἰκάσαι αὐτούσ, ἀλλὰ τεττιγῶδέσ τι πυκνὸν καὶ ἐπίτροχον συνάπτουσιν ἄχρι βαθείασ ἑσπέρασ. (Lucian, (no name) 7:4)
  • χρώματα δὲ αὐτῆσ τό τε στριφνὸν καὶ τὸ πικρὸν καὶ τὸ πυκνὸν καὶ τὸ αὐστηρὸν καὶ τὸ ἐμβριθὲσ καὶ τὸ δεινὸν καὶ φοβερόν, ὑπὲρ ἅπαντα δὲ αὐτοῦ ταῦτα τὸ παθητικόν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 2 4:1)
  • τῆσ δὲ λέξεωσ ᾗ Θουκυδίδησ κέχρηται τὸ μὲν σημειῶδεσ καὶ περίεργον πέφευγεν, τὸ δὲ στρογγύλον καὶ πυκνὸν καὶ ἐνθυμηματικὸν ἐκμέμακται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 5 3:1)
  • ταῖσ δὲ γενναιοτάταισ καὶ ἐπισκύνιον πρόσεστιν, καὶ σοβαραὶ φαίνονται, καὶ τὸ βάδισμα κοῦφον καὶ πυκνὸν καὶ ἁβρόν· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 7 7:1)
  • ἦμοσ δὲ σκόλυμόσ τ’ ἀνθεῖ καὶ ἠχέτα τέττιξ δενδρέῳ ἐφεζόμενοσ λιγυρὴν καταχεύετ’ ἀοιδὴν πυκνὸν ὑπὸ πτερύγων, θέρεοσ καματώδεοσ ὡρ́ῃ, τῆμοσ πιόταταί τ’ αἶγεσ καὶ οἶνοσ ἄριστοσ, μαχλόταται δὲ γυναῖκεσ, ἀφαυρότατοι δέ τοι ἄνδρεσ εἰσίν, ἐπεὶ κεφαλὴν καὶ γούνατα Σείριοσ ἄζει, αὐαλέοσ δέ τε χρὼσ ὑπὸ καύματοσ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 65:1)

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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