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ὑδροφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑδροφόρος ὑδροφόρον

Structure: ὑδροφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. carrying water
  2. a water-carrier

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὑδροφόρος ὑδρόφορον
Genitive ὑδροφόρου ὑδροφόρου
Dative ὑδροφόρῳ ὑδροφόρῳ
Accusative ὑδροφόρον ὑδρόφορον
Vocative ὑδροφόρε ὑδρόφορον
DualN/A/V ὑδροφόρω ὑδροφόρω
G/D ὑδροφόροιν ὑδροφόροιν
PluralNominative ὑδροφόροι ὑδρόφορα
Genitive ὑδροφόρων ὑδροφόρων
Dative ὑδροφόροις ὑδροφόροις
Accusative ὑδροφόρους ὑδρόφορα
Vocative ὑδροφόροι ὑδρόφορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὑδροφόρος ὑδροφόρου ὑδροφορώτερος ὑδροφορωτέρου ὑδροφορώτατος ὑδροφορωτάτου
Adverb ὑδροφόρως ὑδροφορώτερον ὑδροφορώτατα

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

  • πλὴν εἰ μὴ σκαπανέα γε καὶ ὑδροφόρον αὐτὸν ἀποδεικτέον. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 7:12)
  • ὡσ δ’ ἦλθεν εἰσ Σάρδεισ καὶ σχολὴν ἄγων ἐθεᾶτο τῶν ἱερῶν τὴν κατασκευὴν καὶ τῶν ἀναθημάτων τὸ πλῆθοσ, εἶδε δὲ ἐν μητρὸσ ἱερῷ τὴν καλουμένην ὑδροφόρον κόρην χαλκῆν, μέγεθοσ δίπηχυν, ἣν αὐτὸσ ὅτε τῶν Ἀθήνησιν ὑδάτων ἐπιστάτησ ἦν, ἑλὼν τοὺσ ὑφαιρουμένουσ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ παροχετεύοντασ, ἀνέθηκεν ἐκ τῆσ ζημίασ ποιησάμενοσ, εἴτε δὴ παθών τι πρὸσ τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν τοῦ ἀναθήματοσ εἴτε βουλόμενοσ ἐνδείξασθαι τοῖσ Ἀθηναίοισ, ὅσην ἔχει τιμὴν καὶ δύναμιν ἐν τοῖσ βασιλέωσ πράγμασι, λόγον τῷ Λυδίασ σατράπῃ προσήνεγκεν αἰτούμενοσ ἀποστεῖλαι τὴν κόρην εἰσ τὰσ Ἀθήνασ. (Plutarch, , chapter 31 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. carrying water

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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