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σφηκώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφηκώδης σφηκώδες

Structure: σφηκωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. wasp-like, pinched in at the waist like a wasp

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative σφηκώδης σφήκωδες
Genitive σφηκώδους σφηκώδους
Dative σφηκώδει σφηκώδει
Accusative σφηκώδη σφήκωδες
Vocative σφηκῶδες σφήκωδες
DualN/A/V σφηκώδει σφηκώδει
G/D σφηκώδοιν σφηκώδοιν
PluralNominative σφηκώδεις σφηκώδη
Genitive σφηκώδων σφηκώδων
Dative σφηκώδεσιν* σφηκώδεσιν*
Accusative σφηκώδεις σφηκώδη
Vocative σφηκώδεις σφηκώδη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective σφηκώδης σφηκώδους σφηκωδέστερος σφηκωδεστέρου σφηκωδέστατος σφηκωδεστάτου
Adverb σφηκωδέως σφηκωδέστερον σφηκωδέστατα

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

  • ἀπὸ τοῦ λιμοῦ γὰρ ἴσωσ αὐτοῖσ τὸ σφηκῶδεσ σὺ πορίζεισ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, epirrheme 1:19)

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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