διὰ τί; why?
ἔχει κίνδῡνον, it is dangerous.
φρίττω τὸ ζῷον,
πρόσωπόν γε τοῦ διαβόλου,
I shudder at the creature, a mask of the devil.
ἔχει πατέρα ὁ ὄφις τὸν Σατανᾶν,
the snake has Satan for his father.
πολλὰ ἔχει πρόσωπα ὁ διάβολος,
the devil has many masks.
αἱρετώτερον δὲ καλῆς γυναικὸς τὸ πρόσωπον,
specially that of a fair woman.
καὶ δὴ καὶ ἱερέως ὑπερηφάνου,
and that of a proud priest.
ἔτι δὲ βασιλέως ἀνόμου καὶ τυράννου ὠμοῦ,
also of a lawless king, and a cruel tyrant.
καὶ ἀνδρὸς ἑκάστου τῶν ἐν πόλει ὅσοι πονηροί,
and of any bad man in the town.
(5) Adjectives of this declension occur most commonly in one of these three forms—