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ταφήιος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: taphēios

Principal Part: ταφήιος ταφήια ταφήιον

Structure: ταφηι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ionic for ταφεῖος which is not used.

Sense

  1. of or for a burial

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ταφήιος ταφηία ταφήιον
Genitive ταφηίου ταφηίας ταφηίου
Dative ταφηίῳ ταφηίᾳ ταφηίῳ
Accusative ταφήιον ταφηίαν ταφήιον
Vocative ταφήιε ταφηία ταφήιον
DualN/A/V ταφηίω ταφηία ταφηίω
G/D ταφηίοιν ταφηίαιν ταφηίοιν
PluralNominative ταφήιοι ταφήιαι ταφήια
Genitive ταφηίων ταφηιῶν ταφηίων
Dative ταφηίοις ταφηίαις ταφηίοις
Accusative ταφηίους ταφηίας ταφήια
Vocative ταφήιοι ταφήιαι ταφήια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ταφήιος ταφηίου ταφηιότερος ταφηιοτέρου ταφηιότατος ταφηιοτάτου
Adverb ταφηίως ταφηιότερον ταφηιότατα

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

  • παρὰ δ ἄσπετα μῆλα, ἣ θέμις οἰχομένοισι, ταφήια λαιμοτόμησαν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 14:5)
  • "κοῦροι ἐμοὶ μνηστῆρες, ἐπεὶ θάνε δῖος Ὀδυσσεύς, μίμνετ ἐπειγόμενοι τὸν ἐμὸν γάμον, εἰς ὅ κε φᾶρος ἐκτελέσω, μή μοι μεταμώνια νήματ ὄληται, Λαέρτῃ ἡρ´ωι ταφήιον, εἰς ὅτε κέν μιν μοῖρ ὀλοὴ καθέλῃσι τανηλεγέος θανάτοιο, μή τίς μοι κατὰ δῆμον Ἀχαιϊάδων νεμεσήσῃ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or for a burial

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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