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

  • ἢ πῶσ γὰρ ἂν οἰκοῖτο ἀνήμεροσ οὕτω καὶ ξηρὰ καὶ ἄφοροσ οὖσα καὶ πολλῷ τῷ αὐχμῷ πιεζομένη; (Lucian, Dipsades 1:3)
  • πρόβατα λευκότριχα, βόεσ μεγάλοι, ἵππων ἄφοροσ ἡ χώρα· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 51:10)

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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