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ὕφυδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕφυδρος ὕφυδρον

Structure: ὑφυδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(/dwr

Sense

  1. under water

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ύ̔φυδρος ύ̔φυδρον
Genitive ὑφύδρου ὑφύδρου
Dative ὑφύδρῳ ὑφύδρῳ
Accusative ύ̔φυδρον ύ̔φυδρον
Vocative ύ̔φυδρε ύ̔φυδρον
DualN/A/V ὑφύδρω ὑφύδρω
G/D ὑφύδροιν ὑφύδροιν
PluralNominative ύ̔φυδροι ύ̔φυδρα
Genitive ὑφύδρων ὑφύδρων
Dative ὑφύδροις ὑφύδροις
Accusative ὑφύδρους ύ̔φυδρα
Vocative ύ̔φυδροι ύ̔φυδρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ύ̔φυδρος ὑφύδρου ὑφυδρότερος ὑφυδροτέρου ὑφυδρότατος ὑφυδροτάτου
Adverb ὑφύδρως ὑφυδρότερον ὑφυδρότατα

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

  • ἀξύλου γὰρ ὑπαρχούσησ σχεδόν τι τῆσ συμπάσησ Καππαδοκίασ ὁ Ἀργαῖοσ ἔχει περικείμενον δρυμὸν ὥστε ἐγγύθεν ὁ ξυλισμὸσ πάρεστιν, ἀλλ’ οἱ ὑποκείμενοι τῷ δρυμῷ τόποι καὶ αὐτοὶ πολλαχοῦ πυρὰ ἔχουσιν, ἅμα δὲ καὶ ὕφυδροί εἰσι ψυχρῷ ὕδατι, οὔτε τοῦ πυρὸσ οὔτε τοῦ ὕδατοσ εἰσ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν ἐκκύπτοντοσ, ὥστε καὶ ποάζειν τὴν πλείστην· (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 2 12:17)

Synonyms

  1. under 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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