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ὑπέρδεινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρδεινος ὑπέρδεινον

Structure: ὑπερδειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. exceeding alarming

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὑπέρδεινος ὑπέρδεινον
Genitive ὑπερδείνου ὑπερδείνου
Dative ὑπερδείνῳ ὑπερδείνῳ
Accusative ὑπέρδεινον ὑπέρδεινον
Vocative ὑπέρδεινε ὑπέρδεινον
DualN/A/V ὑπερδείνω ὑπερδείνω
G/D ὑπερδείνοιν ὑπερδείνοιν
PluralNominative ὑπέρδεινοι ὑπέρδεινα
Genitive ὑπερδείνων ὑπερδείνων
Dative ὑπερδείνοις ὑπερδείνοις
Accusative ὑπερδείνους ὑπέρδεινα
Vocative ὑπέρδεινοι ὑπέρδεινα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὑπέρδεινος ὑπερδείνου ὑπερδεινότερος ὑπερδεινοτέρου ὑπερδεινότατος ὑπερδεινοτάτου
Adverb ὑπερδείνως ὑπερδεινότερον ὑπερδεινότατα

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 διὰ τοῦτο ὠχρὸσ ἡμῖν ἐφαίνου καὶ φροντίδοσ ἀνάπλεωσ, συνεσπακὼσ τοὺσ δακτύλουσ πρὸσ τὸ ἔθοσ τῶν λογισμῶν καὶ ἀποδράσεσθαι ἀπειλῶν, εἰ καιροῦ λάβοιο, παρ’ αὐτῶν καὶ ὅλωσ τὸ πρᾶγμα ὑπέρδεινον ἐδόκει σοι, ἐν χαλκῷ ἢ σιδηρῷ τῷ θαλάμῳ καθάπερ τὴν Δανάην παρθενεύεσθαι ὑπ’ ἀκριβέσι καὶ παμπονήροισ παιδαγωγοῖσ ἀνατρεφόμενον , τῷ Τόκῳ καὶ τῷ Λογισμῷ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 13:5)
  • εἰ γὰρ οἱ μὲν εἰδότεσ καὶ παθόντεσ ἄξια τούτων ἐνόμιζον εὖ πάσχειν, ἡμεῖσ δ’ οἱ λόγῳ ταῦτ’ ἀκούοντεσ ὡσ ἀναξίων ἀφαιρησόμεθα, πῶσ οὐχ ὑπέρδεινον ποιήσομεν; (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 63:2)
  • εἰμὶ δὲ αὐτὸσ οὔτε ὑπέρδεινοσ εἰπεῖν οὔτε ἴσωσ ἁπάντων ὕστατοσ ἐν τῷ λέγειν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 12:3)

Synonyms

  1. exceeding alarming

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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