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ἄφθονος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφθονος

Structure: ἀφθον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. without envy
  2. free from envy
  3. ungrudging, bounteous
  4. not grudged, bounteously given, plentiful, abundant, in plenty
  5. unenvied, provoking no envy
  6. in abundance, enough

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓φθονος ά̓φθονον
Genitive ἀφθόνου ἀφθόνου
Dative ἀφθόνῳ ἀφθόνῳ
Accusative ά̓φθονον ά̓φθονον
Vocative ά̓φθονε ά̓φθονον
DualN/A/V ἀφθόνω ἀφθόνω
G/D ἀφθόνοιν ἀφθόνοιν
PluralNominative ά̓φθονοι ά̓φθονα
Genitive ἀφθόνων ἀφθόνων
Dative ἀφθόνοις ἀφθόνοις
Accusative ἀφθόνους ά̓φθονα
Vocative ά̓φθονοι ά̓φθονα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓φθονος ἀφθόνου ἀφθονώτερος ἀφθονωτέρου ἀφθονώτατος ἀφθονωτάτου
Adverb ἀφθόνως ἀφθονώτερον ἀφθονώτατα

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

  • ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ οἶδα τὴν αἰτίαν παρ’ ἡμῖν μὲν γὰρ ἀσφόδελοσ μόνον καὶ χοαὶ καὶ πόπανα καὶ ἐναγίσματα, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα ζόφοσ καὶ ὁμίχλη καὶ σκότοσ, ἐν δὲ τῷ οὐρανῷ φαιδρὰ πάντα καὶ ἥ τε ἀμβροσία πολλὴ καὶ τὸ νέκταρ ἄφθονον ὥστε ἥδιον παρ’ ἐκείνοισ βραδύνειν ἐοίκε. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 2:4)
  • καρπὸν δ’ ἔφερε ζείδωροσ ἄρουρα αὐτομάτη πολλόν τε καὶ ἄφθονον· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 16:7)
  • οὐδὲ γὰρ αἱ στρατεῖαι παρατάξεισ ἀεὶ καὶ μάχασ καὶ πολιορκίασ ἔχουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ θυσίασ ἔστιν ὅτε καὶ συνουσίασ διὰ μέσου καὶ σχολὴν ἄφθονον ἐν παιδιαῖσ καὶ φλυαρίαισ δέχονται. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 6 12:3)
  • καὶ θεοφιλεῖσ οἱ νῦν ὄντεσ ὑμεῖσ οἱο͂ν βίου λαχόντεσ αἰῶνα καρποῦσθε καὶ νέμεσθε κλῆρον ἀγαθῶν ἄφθονον, ὅσα φύεται ὑμῖν; (Plutarch, De esu carnium I, chapter, section 2 2:3)
  • οἱ δ’ αὐτοὶ καὶ νόμισμα κομίζοντεσ ἄφθονον παριστάμενοι τοῖσ κομψοῖσ τῶν πενήτων ἐν ἀγορᾷ σιωπῇ τῶν κερματίων ἐνέβαλλον εἰσ τὰσ χεῖρασ. (Plutarch, , chapter 10 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. without envy

  2. free from envy

  3. unenvied

  4. in abundance

Related

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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