πόλεμος (pólemos)
English: war
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Linguistic Information
Word Typenoun
Gendermasculine
Casenominative
NumberSingular
About πόλεμος
As a noun, πόλεμος is of the masculine gender and is in the nominative case in Greek grammar. It can help you understand sentence structure and word forms better.
Definitions & Examples
- noun:warExamples:
- εμφύλιος πόλεμος (emfýlios pólemos) — civil war
- ακήρυχτος πόλεμος (akírychtos pólemos) — undeclared war
- ολοκληρωτικός πόλεμος (oloklirotikós pólemos) — total war
- ανάπηρος πολέμου (anápiros polémou) — disabled serviceman
Declension Table
masculine noun
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πόλεμος | πόλεμοι |
| genitive | πολέμου | πολέμων |
| accusative | πόλεμο | πολέμους |
| vocative | πόλεμε | πόλεμοι |
Greek nouns and adjectives change form based on case (role in sentence) and number. These forms show how πόλεμος appears in different grammatical contexts.
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Derived Terms
- ανταρτοπόλεμος (antartopólemos)"Grek"
- αντιπολεμικός (antipolemikós)"Grek"
- απολέμητος (apolémitos)"Grek"
- απόλεμος (apólemos)"Grek"
- εμφύλιος πόλεμος (emfýlios pólemos)"Grek"