Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄφορος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφορος ἄφορᾱ ἄφορον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + φορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. not bearing, barren
  2. causing barrenness, blighting

Examples

  • ἐκ πολλοῦ γὰρ χρόνου διὰ τὰσ στάσεισ καὶ τοὺσ ἐμφυλίουσ πολέμουσ, ἔτι δὲ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῶν ἐπανισταμένων αἰεὶ τυράννων αἱ μὲν πόλεισ ἔρημοι τῶν οἰκητόρων ἦσαν, αἱ δὲ χῶραι διὰ τὴν ἀργίαν ἐξηγρίωντο καὶ καρπῶν ἡμέρων ἄφοροι καθειστήκεισαν· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvi, chapter 83 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. not bearing

Related

Derived

  • φορός (bringing on one's way, forwarding, favourable)

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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