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ταφήιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταφήιος ταφήιᾱ ταφήιον

Structure: ταφηι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ionic for tafei=os which is not used.

Sense

  1. of or for a burial

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ταφήιος ταφηίᾱ ταφήιον
Genitive ταφηίου ταφηίᾱς ταφηίου
Dative ταφηίῳ ταφηίᾱͅ ταφηίῳ
Accusative ταφήιον ταφηίᾱν ταφήιον
Vocative ταφήιε ταφηίᾱ ταφήιον
DualN/A/V ταφηίω ταφηίᾱ ταφηίω
G/D ταφηίοιν ταφηίαιν ταφηίοιν
PluralNominative ταφήιοι ταφήιαι ταφήια
Genitive ταφηίων ταφηιῶν ταφηίων
Dative ταφηίοις ταφηίαις ταφηίοις
Accusative ταφηίους ταφηίᾱς 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 ἡρ́ωι 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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