Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀφεγγής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφεγγής ἀφεγγές

Structure: ἀφεγγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fe/ggos

Sense

  1. without light, that is no light
  2. obscure, dim, faint
  3. ill-starred, unlucky

Examples

  • καὶ θεάματα κορασιώδη παραβαλεῖν ἄξιον, ἃ μηδενὸσ ὁρῶντοσ μηδὲ προσβλέποντοσ ὄντωσ τυφλὸσ γίγνεται καὶ ἀφεγγὴσ ὁ πλοῦτοσ; (Plutarch, De cupiditate divitiarum, section 10 3:2)
  • τίσ ἀχώ, τίσ ὀδμὰ προσέπτα μ’ ἀφεγγήσ, θεόσυτοσ, ἢ βρότειοσ, ἢ κεκραμένη; (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, lyric2)
  • καὶ εἴ τισ ἄρα τὰσ ἀνθρωπίνουσ ψυχὰσ ἀπολυθείσασ τοῦ σώματοσ ὑποδέξεται τόποσ, οὐχ ὁ καταχθόνιοσ καὶ ἀφεγγὴσ ὑποδέξεται τὴν ἐμήν, ἐν ᾧ φασι τοὺσ κακοδαίμονασ οἰκεῖν, οὐδὲ τὸ λεγόμενον τῆσ Λήθησ πεδίον, ἀλλ’ ὁ μετέωροσ καὶ καθαρὸσ αἰθήρ, ἐν ᾧ τοὺσ ἐκ θεῶν φύντασ οἰκεῖν λόγοσ εὐδαίμονα καὶ μακάριον ἔχοντασ βίον· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 52 6:1)
  • ὦ δεινὴ καὶ ἀφεγγὴσ ἡμέρα, ἣ τὰσ φωσφόρουσ νύκτασ ἐξεῖλεσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 4:12)

Synonyms

  1. without light

  2. obscure

  3. ill-starred

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

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