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χωλός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χωλός χωλή χωλόν

Structure: χωλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. lame, halting, limping
  2. (figuratively) maimed, imperfect, defective

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative χωλός χωλή χωλόν
Genitive χωλοῦ χωλῆς χωλοῦ
Dative χωλῷ χωλῇ χωλῷ
Accusative χωλόν χωλήν χωλόν
Vocative χωλέ χωλή χωλόν
DualN/A/V χωλώ χωλᾱ́ χωλώ
G/D χωλοῖν χωλαῖν χωλοῖν
PluralNominative χωλοί χωλαί χωλά
Genitive χωλῶν χωλῶν χωλῶν
Dative χωλοῖς χωλαῖς χωλοῖς
Accusative χωλούς χωλᾱ́ς χωλά
Vocative χωλοί χωλαί χωλά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective χωλός χωλοῦ χωλότερος χωλοτεροῦ χωλότατος χωλοτατοῦ
Adverb χωλώς χωλότερον χωλότατα

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 εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ. πᾶσ τύπτων Ἰεβουσαῖον ἁπτέσθω ἐν παραξιφίδι καὶ τοὺσ χωλοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ τυφλοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ μισοῦντασ τὴν ψυχὴν Δαυίδ. διὰ τοῦτο ἐροῦσι. τυφλοὶ καὶ χωλοὶ οὐκ εἰσελεύσονται εἰσ οἶκον Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 5:8)
  • ἡμεῖσ δὲ καὶ τοὺσ χωλοὺσ τῷ δεξιῷ ἐκτρεπόμεθα, καὶ μάλιστα εἰ ἑώθεν ἴδοιμεν αὐτούσ· (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 14:1)
  • οὐκ ἐτὸσ χωλοὺσ ποιεῖσ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics 2:9)
  • καὶ τούσ γε τῷ βοᾶν μεγάλα χρωμένουσ ῥήτορασ ἐπισκώπτων ἔλεγε δι’ ἀσθένειαν ἐπὶ τὴν κραυγὴν ὥσπερ χωλοὺσ ἐφ’ ἵππον πηδᾶν. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 5 4:2)
  • καὶ τῶν μεμαχημένων πρῶτον ἦν ἀκούειν ὅτι χωλοὺσ καὶ τυφλοὺσ αὐτοῖσ καὶ μόνον οὐ καθείρξασ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ Ποπλικόλασ παρέδωκε χρῆσθαι τοῖσ ξίφεσιν. (Plutarch, Publicola, chapter 23 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. lame

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