Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄφορμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφορμος

Structure: ἀφορμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)rmh/

Sense

  1. departing from

Examples

  • σὺ δὲ τῶνδ’ ἑδράνων πάλιν ἔκτοποσ αὖθισ ἄφορμοσ ἐμᾶσ χθονὸσ ἔκθορε, μή τι πέρα χρέοσ ἐμᾷ πόλει προσάψῃσ. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, epode28)

Synonyms

  1. departing from

Related

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

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