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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

  • ὅντε διὰ βροτοὶ ἄνδρεσ ὁμῶσ ἄφατοί τε φατοί τε, ῥητοί τ’ ἄρρητοί τε Διὸσ μεγάλοιο ἕκητι. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 2:2)
  • Μοῦσαι Πιερίηθεν ἀοιδῇσι κλείουσαι, δεῦτε Δί’ ἐννέπετε σφέτερον πατέρ’ ὑμνείουσαι, ὅντε διὰ βροτοὶ ἄνδρεσ ὁμῶσ ἄφατοί τε φατοί τε ῥητοί τ’ ἄρρητοί τε, Διὸσ μεγάλοιο ἕκητι· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 30:1)

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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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