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ζῳόμορφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζῳόμορφος ζῳόμορφον

Structure: ζῳομορφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mo/rfh

Sense

  1. in the shape of an animal

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ζῳόμορφος ζῳόμορφον
Genitive ζῳομόρφου ζῳομόρφου
Dative ζῳομόρφῳ ζῳομόρφῳ
Accusative ζῳόμορφον ζῳόμορφον
Vocative ζῳόμορφε ζῳόμορφον
DualN/A/V ζῳομόρφω ζῳομόρφω
G/D ζῳομόρφοιν ζῳομόρφοιν
PluralNominative ζῳόμορφοι ζῳόμορφα
Genitive ζῳομόρφων ζῳομόρφων
Dative ζῳομόρφοις ζῳομόρφοις
Accusative ζῳομόρφους ζῳόμορφα
Vocative ζῳόμορφοι ζῳόμορφα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ζῳόμορφος ζῳομόρφου ζῳομορφότερος ζῳομορφοτέρου ζῳομορφότατος ζῳομορφοτάτου
Adverb ζῳομόρφως ζῳομορφότερον ζῳομορφότατα

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

  • ἔστι δὲ καὶ τὰ περὶ τῶν ἀφιδρυμάτων νομοθετήματα παντάπασιν ἀδελφὰ τῶν Πυθαγόρου δογμάτων, οὔτε γὰρ ἐκεῖνοσ αἰσθητὸν ἢ παθητόν, ἀόρατον δὲ καὶ ἄκτιστον καὶ νοητὸν ὑπελάμβανεν εἶναι τὸ πρῶτον, οὗτόσ τε διεκώλυσεν ἀνθρωποειδῆ καὶ ζῳόμορφον εἰκόνα θεοῦ Ῥωμαίουσ νομίζειν. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 8 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. in the shape of an animal

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

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