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ὑπόσαθρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόσαθρος ὑπόσαθρον

Structure: ὑποσαθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat rotten

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὑπόσαθρος ὑπόσαθρον
Genitive ὑποσάθρου ὑποσάθρου
Dative ὑποσάθρῳ ὑποσάθρῳ
Accusative ὑπόσαθρον ὑπόσαθρον
Vocative ὑπόσαθρε ὑπόσαθρον
DualN/A/V ὑποσάθρω ὑποσάθρω
G/D ὑποσάθροιν ὑποσάθροιν
PluralNominative ὑπόσαθροι ὑπόσαθρα
Genitive ὑποσάθρων ὑποσάθρων
Dative ὑποσάθροις ὑποσάθροις
Accusative ὑποσάθρους ὑπόσαθρα
Vocative ὑπόσαθροι ὑπόσαθρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὑπόσαθρος ὑποσάθρου ὑποσαθρότερος ὑποσαθροτέρου ὑποσαθρότατος ὑποσαθροτάτου
Adverb ὑποσάθρως ὑποσαθρότερον ὑποσαθρότατα

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

  • καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν πολιορκίᾳ οὐκ ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ καὶ ἀπόκρημνα καὶ ἀσφαλῆ τοῦ τείχουσ προσίασιν οἱ πολέμιοι, ἀλλ’ ᾗ ἂν ἀφύλακτόν τι μέροσ ἢ σαθρὸν αἴσθωνται ἢ ταπεινόν, ἐπὶ τοῦτο πάσῃ] δυνάμει χωροῦσιν ὡσ ῥᾷστα παρεισδῦναι καὶ ἑλεῖν δυνάμενοι, οὕτω καὶ οἱ διαβάλλοντεσ ὃ τι ἂν ἀσθενὲσ ἴδωσι τῆσ ψυχῆσ καὶ ὑπόσαθρον καὶ εὐεπίβατον, τούτῳ προσβάλλουσι καὶ προσάγουσι τὰσ μηχανάσ, καὶ τέλοσ ἐκπολιορκοῦσι μηδενὸσ ἀντιταττομένου μηδὲ τὴν ἔφοδον αἰσθομένου. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 19:2)
  • ὅτι δεινῶσ τῶν ὑποσάθρων ἐστίν. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 32:8)
  • ἐπειδὰν δέ ποτε διὰ μακροῦ τοῦ χρόνου Κρονίων ἢ Παναθηναίων ἐπιστάντων πέμπηταὶ τί σοι ἐφεστρίδιον ἄθλιον ἢ χιτώνιον ὑπόσαθρον, ἐνταῦθα μάλιστα πολλὴν δεῖ καὶ μεγάλην γενέσθαι τὴν πομπήν. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 37:1)

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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