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ὕπωχρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕπωχρος ὕπωχρον

Structure: ὑπωχρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. pale yellow, sallow

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ύ̔πωχρος ύ̔πωχρον
Genitive ὑπώχρου ὑπώχρου
Dative ὑπώχρῳ ὑπώχρῳ
Accusative ύ̔πωχρον ύ̔πωχρον
Vocative ύ̔πωχρε ύ̔πωχρον
DualN/A/V ὑπώχρω ὑπώχρω
G/D ὑπώχροιν ὑπώχροιν
PluralNominative ύ̔πωχροι ύ̔πωχρα
Genitive ὑπώχρων ὑπώχρων
Dative ὑπώχροις ὑπώχροις
Accusative ὑπώχρους ύ̔πωχρα
Vocative ύ̔πωχροι ύ̔πωχρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ύ̔πωχρος ὑπώχρου ὑπωχρότερος ὑπωχροτέρου ὑπωχρότατος ὑπωχροτάτου
Adverb ὑπώχρως ὑπωχρότερον ὑπωχρότατα

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

  • ἐκεῖνο γάρ ἐστιν ὁ χρυσόσ, τὸ λαμπρὸν ὃ ἀποστίλβει, τὸ ὕπωχρον μετ’ ἐρυθήματοσ; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 11:3)
  • εἴ τισ εἶδεν ἀνδράποδον Παφλαγονικὸν τῶν ἀπὸ Σινώπησ βαρβάρων, ὄνομα τοιοῦτον οἱο͂ν ἀπὸ κτημάτων, ὕπωχρον, ἐν χρῷ κουρίαν, ἐν γενείῳ βαθεῖ, πήραν ἐξημμένον καὶ τριβώνιον ἀμπεχόμενον, ὀργίλον, ἄμουσον, τραχύφωνον, λοίδορον, μηνύειν ἐπὶ ῥητῷ αὐτόν. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 27:11)
  • ἡλικιώτασ δὲ εἶναι, τὸν μὲν Εὐθύδικον ἐρρωμένον καὶ καρτερόν, τὸν δὲ Δάμωνα ὕπωχρον καὶ ἀσθενικόν, ἄρτι ἐκ νόσου μακρᾶσ, ὡσ ἐδόκει, ἀνιστάμενον. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 19:4)

Synonyms

  1. pale yellow

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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