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θνητός
θνητός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Adjective
θνητός • (thnētós) m (feminine θνητή, neuter θνητόν); first/second declension
and θνητός • (thnētós) m, f (neuter θνητόν); second declension
Declension
Declension of θνητός; θνητή; θνητόν
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | θνητός | θνητή | θνητόν | θνητώ | θνητᾱ́ | θνητώ | θνητοί | θνηταί | θνητᾰ́ | ||||
| Genitive | θνητοῦ | θνητῆς | θνητοῦ | θνητοῖν | θνηταῖν | θνητοῖν | θνητῶν | θνητῶν | θνητῶν | ||||
| Dative | θνητῷ | θνητῇ | θνητῷ | θνητοῖν | θνηταῖν | θνητοῖν | θνητοῖς | θνηταῖς | θνητοῖς | ||||
| Accusative | θνητόν | θνητήν | θνητόν | θνητώ | θνητᾱ́ | θνητώ | θνητούς | θνητᾱ́ς | θνητᾰ́ | ||||
| Vocative | θνητέ | θνητή | θνητόν | θνητώ | θνητᾱ́ | θνητώ | θνητοί | θνηταί | θνητᾰ́ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| θνητῶς | θνητότερος | θνητότᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Declension of θνητός; θνητόν
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | |||||||
| Nominative | θνητός | θνητόν | θνητώ | θνητώ | θνητοί | θνητᾰ́ | |||||||
| Genitive | θνητοῦ | θνητοῦ | θνητοῖν | θνητοῖν | θνητῶν | θνητῶν | |||||||
| Dative | θνητῷ | θνητῷ | θνητοῖν | θνητοῖν | θνητοῖς | θνητοῖς | |||||||
| Accusative | θνητόν | θνητόν | θνητώ | θνητώ | θνητούς | θνητᾰ́ | |||||||
| Vocative | θνητέ | θνητόν | θνητώ | θνητώ | θνητοί | θνητᾰ́ | |||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| θνητῶς | θνητότερος | θνητότᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- (mortal): βροτός (brotós), βρότειος (bróteios), μορτός (mortós)
Antonyms
- (mortal): ᾱ̓θᾰ́νᾰτος (āthánatos), ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos), ἄφθῐτος (áphthitos)
References
- «θνητός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- θνητός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θνητός (thnētós), from θνῄσκω (thnḗiskō).
Adjective
θνητός • (thnitós) m (feminine θνητή, neuter θνητό)
Declension
positive forms of θνητός
| number case / gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | θνητός | θνητή | θνητό | θνητοί | θνητές | θνητά |
| genitive | θνητού | θνητής | θνητού | θνητών | θνητών | θνητών |
| accusative | θνητό | θνητή | θνητό | θνητούς | θνητές | θνητά |
| vocative | θνητέ | θνητή | θνητό | θνητοί | θνητές | θνητά |
| derivations | comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο θνητός, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο θνητός, etc.) |
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Antonyms
- αθάνατος (athánatos, “immortal”)