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τανύθριξ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: τανύθριξ τανύτριχος

Structure: τανυτριχ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: tanu/w

Sense

  1. long-haired, shaggy

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τανύθριξ τανύτριχε τανύτριχες
Genitive τανύτριχος τανυτρίχοιν τανυτρίχων
Dative τανύτριχι τανυτρίχοιν τανύτριξιν*
Accusative τανύτριχα τανύτριχε τανύτριχας
Vocative τανύτριξ τανύτριχε τανύτριχες

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

  • καί τε δι’ αἶγα ἀήσι τανύτριχα· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 59:7)
  • τὴν μὲν ἐξ ὑὸσ τανύτριχοσ, τῇ πάντ’ ἀν’ οἶκον βορβόρῳ πεφυρμένα ἄκοσμα κεῖται καὶ κυλινδεῖται χαμαί· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 36)

Synonyms

  1. long-haired

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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