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ὠκύμορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠκύμορος ὠκύμορον

Structure: ὠκυμορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. quickly-dying, dying early
  2. bringing a quick or early death

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ὠκύμορος ὠκύμορον
Genitive ὠκυμόρου ὠκυμόρου
Dative ὠκυμόρῳ ὠκυμόρῳ
Accusative ὠκύμορον ὠκύμορον
Vocative ὠκύμορε ὠκύμορον
DualN/A/V ὠκυμόρω ὠκυμόρω
G/D ὠκυμόροιν ὠκυμόροιν
PluralNominative ὠκύμοροι ὠκύμορα
Genitive ὠκυμόρων ὠκυμόρων
Dative ὠκυμόροις ὠκυμόροις
Accusative ὠκυμόρους ὠκύμορα
Vocative ὠκύμοροι ὠκύμορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὠκύμορος ὠκυμόρου ὠκυμορότερος ὠκυμοροτέρου ὠκυμορότατος ὠκυμοροτάτου
Adverb ὠκυμόρως ὠκυμορότερον ὠκυμορότατα

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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἑώρα τὰσ μὲν ὠκυμόρουσ τὴν ὀξύτητα τοῦ θανάτου δἰ ὀδύνησ ἐπιφερούσασ, τὰσ δὲ πρᾳοτέρασ τάχοσ οὐκ ἐχούσασ, τῶν θηρίων ἀπεπειρᾶτο, θεωμένησ αὐτῆσ ἕτερον ἑτέρῳ προσφερόντων. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 71 4:2)
  • δισσὰ φάη, Μίλητε, τεῆσ βλαστήματα γαίησ, Ἰταλὶσ ὠκυμόρουσ ἀμφεκάλυψε κόνισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3731)
  • εὑρ́οι δ̓ ἄν τισ καὶ τῶν παλαιῶν τοὺσ θεοφιλεῖσ ὠκυμόρουσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 20:5)

Synonyms

  1. quickly-dying

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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