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ζάχρυσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζάχρυσος ζάχρυσον

Structure: ζαχρυς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rich in gold

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ζάχρυσος ζάχρυσον
Genitive ζαχρύσου ζαχρύσου
Dative ζαχρύσῳ ζαχρύσῳ
Accusative ζάχρυσον ζάχρυσον
Vocative ζάχρυσε ζάχρυσον
DualN/A/V ζαχρύσω ζαχρύσω
G/D ζαχρύσοιν ζαχρύσοιν
PluralNominative ζάχρυσοι ζάχρυσα
Genitive ζαχρύσων ζαχρύσων
Dative ζαχρύσοις ζαχρύσοις
Accusative ζαχρύσους ζάχρυσα
Vocative ζάχρυσοι ζάχρυσα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ζάχρυσος ζαχρύσου ζαχρυσότερος ζαχρυσοτέρου ζαχρυσότατος ζαχρυσοτάτου
Adverb ζαχρύσως ζαχρυσότερον ζαχρυσότατα

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 δ’ ἔπερσα, τῶνδ’ ὁμηρεύσασ τέκνα τάξασ <τ’> ἔτειον δασμὸν ἐσ δόμουσ φέρειν, ἥκω περάσασ ναυσὶ πόντιον στόμα, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα πεζὸσ γῆσ περῶν ὁρίσματα ‐ οὐχ ὡσ σὺ κομπεῖσ τὰσ ἐμὰσ ἀμύστιδασ, οὐδ’ ἐν ζαχρύσοισ δώμασιν κοιμώμενοσ, ἀλλ’ οἱᾶ πόντον Θρῄκιον φυσήματα κρυσταλλόπηκτα Παιόνασ τ’ ἐπεζάρει, ξὺν τοῖσδ’ ἀύπνοσ οἶδα τλὰσ πορπάμασιν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambics 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. rich in gold

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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