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θρηνώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θρηνώδης θρηνώδες

Structure: θρηνωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like a dirge, fit for a dirge

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative θρηνώδης θρήνωδες
Genitive θρηνώδους θρηνώδους
Dative θρηνώδει θρηνώδει
Accusative θρηνώδη θρήνωδες
Vocative θρηνῶδες θρήνωδες
DualN/A/V θρηνώδει θρηνώδει
G/D θρηνώδοιν θρηνώδοιν
PluralNominative θρηνώδεις θρηνώδη
Genitive θρηνώδων θρηνώδων
Dative θρηνώδεσιν* θρηνώδεσιν*
Accusative θρηνώδεις θρηνώδη
Vocative θρηνώδεις θρηνώδη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective θρηνώδης θρηνώδους θρηνωδέστερος θρηνωδεστέρου θρηνωδέστατος θρηνωδεστάτου
Adverb θρηνωδέως θρηνωδέστερον θρηνωδέστατα

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

  • καὶ τὴν πρώτην σύστασιν αὐτῆσ φασι θρηνώδη τινὰ γενέσθαι. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 15 2:1)
  • τὸ δὲ πάντων μέγιστον, ἐξ ἀνεφέλου καὶ διαίθρου τοῦ περιέχοντοσ ἤχησε φωνὴ σάλπιγγοσ ὀξὺν ἀποτείνουσα καὶ θρηνώδη φθόγγον, ὥστε πάντασ ἔκφρονασ γενέσθαι καὶ καταπτῆξαι διὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 7 3:2)

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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