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ἀφειδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφειδής ἀφειδές

Structure: ἀφειδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fei/domai

Sense

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

Declension

Third declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἀφειδής	ά̓φειδες
	Genitive	ἀφειδούς	ἀφείδους
	Dative	ἀφειδεί	ἀφείδει
	Accusative	ἀφειδή	ά̓φειδες
	Vocative	ἀφειδές	ά̓φειδες
Dual	N/A/V	ἀφειδεί	ἀφείδει
Dual	G/D	ἀφειδοίν	ἀφείδοιν
Plural	Nominative	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

κάββαλλε τὸν χειμῶν’, ἐπὶ μὲν τιθεὶσ πῦρ, ἐν δὲ κέρναισ οἶνον ἀφειδέωσ μελιχρόν, αὐτὰρ ἀμφὶ κόρσᾳ μαλθακὸν ἀμφιβαλὼν γνόφαλλον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 35 3:1)
Ἢν δὲ πρόσω προήκῃ χρόνῳ καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐν αἰτίῃ ἴσχῃ, σικύην χρῆ ἐσ τὸ ἰνίον προσβάλλοντα, αἱμάσσειν ἀφειδέωσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 187)
τὴν δὲ ἑτέρην τὴν μεσηγὺ τῶν ὠμοπλατέων ἐρείδειν ἀναίμακτον , σχάζειν τε τὴν ἐπὶ τῆσ κορυφῆσ ἀφειδέωσ ἔσ τε πλήθεοσ ὁλκὴν καὶ ἐσ τὴν τοῦ βάθεοσ ἐντομήν · κεφαλαίην γὰρ τὰ μέχρισ ὀστέων ὀνίνησι ἰήματα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 22)
τοῖόν σε προὔπινεν ἀφειδέωσ, ἄγγοσ ἔχουσα εἰσότε καὶ νεκύων ἦλθεν ἐπὶ ψάμαθον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 409 1:1)
μετὰ δέ, ὡσ τοῦτό γε οὐκ ἔπειθε τοὺσ Φωκαιέασ, ὁ δὲ πυθόμενοσ τὸν Μῆδον παρ’ αὐτῶν ὡσ αὔξοιτο, ἐδίδου σφι χρήματα τεῖχοσ περιβαλέσθαι τὴν πόλιν, ἐδίδου δὲ ἀφειδέωσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 163 4:2)

Synonyms

unsparingly
- ἀνελεήμων (merciless, without mercy)

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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unsparingly

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