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ἀφειδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφειδής ἀφειδές

Structure: ἀφειδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fei/domai

Sense

  1. unsparing or lavish of
  2. done without regard to cost or risk
  3. freely, lavishly, sparing no pains, with all zeal
  4. unsparingly, without mercy

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀφειδής ά̓φειδες
Genitive ἀφειδούς ἀφείδους
Dative ἀφειδεί ἀφείδει
Accusative ἀφειδή ά̓φειδες
Vocative ἀφειδές ά̓φειδες
DualN/A/V ἀφειδεί ἀφείδει
G/D ἀφειδοίν ἀφείδοιν
PluralNominative ἀφειδείς ἀφείδη
Genitive ἀφειδών ἀφείδων
Dative ἀφειδέσιν* ἀφείδεσιν*
Accusative ἀφειδείς ἀφείδη
Vocative ἀφειδείς ἀφείδη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀφειδής ἀφειδούς ἀφειδέστερος ἀφειδεστέρου ἀφειδέστατος ἀφειδεστάτου
Adverb ἀφειδέως ἀφειδέστερον ἀφειδέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πλείονα μέντοι τὸ σῶμα τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἀπολαύει κακὰ μὴ κατὰ λόγον αὐτῷ χρωμένησ μηδ’ ὡσ προσήκει θεραπευόμενον ὅταν γὰρ ἐν πάθεσιν ἰδίοισ γένηται καὶ ἀγῶσι καὶ σπουδαῖσ, ἀφειδεῖ τοῦ σώματοσ. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 24 10:1)
  • καὶ μὴν τό γε φωνῆσ οὕτωσ ἔχοντα μὴ εἰσ συγγραφάσ τε καὶ τοιοῦτον σχῆμα ἀναχωρῆσαι, ἀλλ’ ἑλέσθαι τὴν τοῖσ παλαιοῖσ Ἕλλησι διακονίαν, πῶσ οὐχ ὅμοιον τῷ πρὸσ τοὺσ φοιτῶντασ ἀφθόνῳ καὶ ἀφειδεῖ; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 3:11)

Synonyms

  1. unsparingly

Similar forms

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

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