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ἄφθορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφθορος ἄφθορᾱ ἄφθορον

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

Sense

  1. uncorrupt

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓φθορος ἄφθόρᾱ ά̓φθορον
Genitive ἀφθόρου ἄφθόρᾱς ἀφθόρου
Dative ἀφθόρῳ ἄφθόρᾱͅ ἀφθόρῳ
Accusative ά̓φθορον ἄφθόρᾱν ά̓φθορον
Vocative ά̓φθορε ἄφθόρᾱ ά̓φθορον
DualN/A/V ἀφθόρω ἄφθόρᾱ ἀφθόρω
G/D ἀφθόροιν ἄφθόραιν ἀφθόροιν
PluralNominative ά̓φθοροι ά̓́φθοραι ά̓φθορα
Genitive ἀφθόρων ἄφθορῶν ἀφθόρων
Dative ἀφθόροις ἄφθόραις ἀφθόροις
Accusative ἀφθόρους ἄφθόρᾱς ά̓φθορα
Vocative ά̓φθοροι ά̓́φθοραι ά̓φθορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓φθορος ἀφθόρου ἀφθορώτερος ἀφθορωτέρου ἀφθορώτατος ἀφθορωτάτου
Adverb ἀφθόρως ἀφθορώτερον ἀφθορώτατα

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

  • τὸν δ’ ἀέρα προσαγορεῦσαί φασιν Ἀθηνᾶν μεθερμηνευομένησ τῆσ λέξεωσ, καὶ Διὸσ θυγατέρα νομίσαι ταύτην, καὶ παρθένον ὑποστήσασθαι διά τε τὸ ἄφθορον εἶναι φύσει τὸν ἀέρα καὶ τὸν ἀκρότατον ἐπέχειν τόπον τοῦ σύμπαντοσ κόσμου· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 12 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. uncorrupt

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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