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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

  • οὐ μὲν δὴ οὐδὲ τοῦτ’ ἄν τισ εἴποι, ὡσ τοὺσ κακούργουσ καὶ ἀδίκουσ εἰά καταγελᾶν, ἀλλὰ ἀφειδέστατα πάντων ἐτιμωρεῖτο· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 9 14:1)
  • διὰ τοῦτο, στρατεύεσθαι μὲν ὁπότ’ ἔδει, πρῶτοσ ἀπῄει κἀκεῖ ἐκινδύνευεν ἀφειδέστατα· (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 159:2)

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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