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ζαχρεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζαχρεῖος ζαχρεῖον

Structure: ζαχρει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xrei/a

Sense

  1. wanting much, one who wants to know

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ζαχρεῖος ζάχρειον
Genitive ζαχρείου ζαχρείου
Dative ζαχρείῳ ζαχρείῳ
Accusative ζαχρεῖον ζάχρειον
Vocative ζαχρεῖε ζάχρειον
DualN/A/V ζαχρείω ζαχρείω
G/D ζαχρείοιν ζαχρείοιν
PluralNominative ζαχρεῖοι ζάχρεια
Genitive ζαχρείων ζαχρείων
Dative ζαχρείοις ζαχρείοις
Accusative ζαχρείους ζάχρεια
Vocative ζαχρεῖοι ζάχρεια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ζαχρεῖος ζαχρείου ζαχρειότερος ζαχρειοτέρου ζαχρειότατος ζαχρειοτάτου
Adverb ζαχρείως ζαχρειότερον ζαχρειότατα

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

  • τὸν γάρ φασι μέγιστον ἐπουρανίων κεχολῶσθαι, εἴ κεν ὁδοῦ ζαχρεῖον ἀνήνηταί τισ ὁδίτην. (Theocritus, Idylls, 3)

Synonyms

  1. wanting much

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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