epitets

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages (e.g., French épithète), ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “attributed, added”), from ἐπιτιθέναι (epitithénai, “to add on”).

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Noun

epitets m (1st declension)

1. epithet (a term that describes or characterizes figuratively a property of an entity, phenomenon or concept; an artistic qualifier)

   lietot epitetus ― to use epithets

   liriskie epiteti ― lyrical epithets

   pastāvīgais epitets ― permanent epithet

   epitetos lielā mērā atspoguļojas arī atsevišķa rakstnieka valodas stila īpatnības ― the qualities of a writer's individual literary language are also reflected to a large extent in (his) epithets

Declension

Declension of epitets (1st)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	epitets	epiteti
genitive	epiteta	epitetu
dative	epitetam	epitetiem
accusative	epitetu	epitetus
instrumental	epitetu	epitetiem
locative	epitetā	epitetos
vocative	epitet	epiteti

Swedish

Noun

epitets

1. indefinite genitive singular of epitet
2. indefinite genitive plural of epitet