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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

ἦν δὲ καὶ περὶ τἆλλα χρηματιστὴσ ἀργότεροσ, εὐδάπανοσ δὲ καὶ ἀφειδὴσ ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων, οὐ πολλὰ δ’ ἦν, ἀλλὰ καὶ φερνῆσ ὀφειλομένησ τῇ γυναικὶ μετὰ τὸν θάνατον αὐτοῦ γλίσχρωσ ἐξήρκεσεν. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 4 3:1)
οὐκ ἔστι δὲ μικροκίνδυνοσ οὐδὲ φιλοκίνδυνοσ διὰ τὸ ὀλίγα τιμᾶν, μεγαλοκίνδυνοσ δέ, καὶ ὅταν κινδυνεύῃ, ἀφειδὴσ τοῦ βίου ὡσ οὐκ ἄξιον ὂν πάντωσ ζῆν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 83:2)
ὁ δὲ Καῖσαρ ἦν ἔτι νέοσ, δεινὸσ εἰπεῖν τε καὶ πρᾶξαι, τολμῆσαί τε ἐσ πάντα καὶ ἐλπίσαι περὶ ἁπάντων, ἐσ δὲ δὴ φιλοτιμίαν ἀφειδὴσ ὑπὲρ δύναμιν, ὡσ ἀγορανομῶν ἔτι καὶ στρατηγῶν εἶναι κατάχρεωσ καὶ τῷ πλήθει δαιμονίωσ ὑπεραρέσκειν, τῶν δήμων αἰεὶ τοὺσ δαψιλεῖσ ἐπαινούντων. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 1 1:4)

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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Sense

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unsparingly

Similar forms

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