Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄφατος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφατος ἄφατη ἄφατον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + φατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. not uttered, nameless
  2. untold, unutterable, ineffable, extraordinary, there's no saying how, marvellously, immensely

Examples

  • ἄφατα δ’ ἔργα λέγει κραταιοῦ φωτόσ· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 18 2:2)
  • ἄφατα. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, anapests7)
  • "πολλῶν χρημάτων ἐκπεσόντων, Ἀμεινοκλῆσ ὁ Κρητίνεω Μάγνησ ἀνὴρ ὠφελήθη μεγάλωσ, χρυσία ἄφατα καὶ χρήματα περιβαλόμενοσ· (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 30 1:1)
  • ὃσ πολλὰ μὲν χρύσεα ποτήρια ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ ἐκβρασσόμενα ἀνείλετο πολλὰ δὲ ἀργύρεα, θησαυρούσ τε τῶν Περσέων εὑρ͂ε, ἄλλα τε ἄφατα χρήματα περιεβάλετο. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 190 2:3)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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