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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

  • καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτοὺσ Ἰησοῦσ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ξυλοκόπουσ καὶ ὑδροφόρουσ πάσῃ τῇ συναγωγῇ καὶ τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ. διὰ τοῦτο ἐγένοντο οἱ κατοικοῦντεσ Γαβαὼν ξυλοκόποι καὶ ὑδροφόροι τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἕωσ τῆσ σήμερον ἡμέρασ, καὶ εἰσ τὸν τόπον, ὃν ἂν ἐκλέξηται Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 9:32)
  • ἀμπέλουσ δὲ πολλὰσ ἔχουσιν ὑδροφόρουσ· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 24:4)

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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