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ψαφαρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψαφαρός ψαφαρή ψαφαρόν

Structure: ψαφαρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ya/w

Sense

  1. easily reduced to powder, friable, crumbling, the sandy shore
  2. thin, watery

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ψαφαρός ψαφαρᾱ́ ψαφαρόν
Genitive ψαφαροῦ ψαφαρᾶς ψαφαροῦ
Dative ψαφαρῷ ψαφαρᾷ ψαφαρῷ
Accusative ψαφαρόν ψαφαρᾱ́ν ψαφαρόν
Vocative ψαφαρέ ψαφαρᾱ́ ψαφαρόν
DualN/A/V ψαφαρώ ψαφαρᾱ́ ψαφαρώ
G/D ψαφαροῖν ψαφαραῖν ψαφαροῖν
PluralNominative ψαφαροί ψαφαραί ψαφαρά
Genitive ψαφαρῶν ψαφαρῶν ψαφαρῶν
Dative ψαφαροῖς ψαφαραῖς ψαφαροῖς
Accusative ψαφαρούς ψαφαρᾱ́ς ψαφαρά
Vocative ψαφαροί ψαφαραί ψαφαρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ψαφαρός ψαφαροῦ ψαφαρότερος ψαφαροτεροῦ ψαφαρότατος ψαφαροτατοῦ
Adverb ψαφαρώς ψαφαρότερον ψαφαρότατα

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

  • ἐλθὼν δὲ ἐπὶ τὰ Ἄλπεια ὄρη, καὶ μηδεμίαν μήτε δίοδον μήτε ἄνοδον εὑρών ἁ̓πόκρημνα γάρ ἐστιν ἰσχυρῶσ̓, ἐπέβαινε κἀκείνοισ ὑπὸ τόλμησ, κακοπαθῶν χιονοσ τε πολλῆσ οὔσησ καὶ κρύουσ, τὴν μὲν ὕλην τέμνων τε καὶ κατακαίων, τὴν δὲ τέφραν σβεννὺσ ὕδατι καὶ ὄξει, καὶ τὴν πέτραν ἐκ τοῦδε ψαφαρὰν γιγνομένην σφύραισ σιδηραῖσ θραύων, καὶ ὁδὸν ποιῶν ἣ καὶ νῦν ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρῶν ἐντριβὴσ καὶ καλεῖται δίοδοσ Ἀννίβου. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 1 4:4)

Synonyms

  1. thin

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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