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 declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	epitets	epiteti
accusative (akuzatīvs)	epitetu	epitetus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	epiteta	epitetu
dative (datīvs)	epitetam	epitetiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	epitetu	epitetiem
locative (lokatīvs)	epitetā	epitetos
vocative (vokatīvs)	epitet	epiteti

Swedish

Noun

epitets

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