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ἄφθορος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: aphthoros

Principal Part: ἄφθορος ἄφθορα ἄφθορον

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

Sense

  1. uncorrupt

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἄφθορος ἄφθόρα ἄφθορον
Genitive ἀφθόρου ἄφθόρας ἀφθόρου
Dative ἀφθόρῳ ἄφθόρᾳ ἀφθόρῳ
Accusative ἄφθορον ἄφθόραν ἄφθορον
Vocative ἄφθορε ἄφθόρα ἄφθορον
DualN/A/V ἀφθόρω ἄφθόρα ἀφθόρω
G/D ἀφθόροιν ἄφθόραιν ἀφθόροιν
PluralNominative ἄφθοροι ἄφθοραι ἄφθορα
Genitive ἀφθόρων ἄφθορῶν ἀφθόρων
Dative ἀφθόροις ἄφθόραις ἀφθόροις
Accusative ἀφθόρους ἄφθόρας ἄφθορα
Vocative ἄφθοροι ἄφθοραι ἄφθορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἄφθορος 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

  • παρθένους δ αὐτὰς οἱ πλεῖστοι μυθολογοῦσι διὰ τὸ τὰς κατὰ τὴν παιδείαν ἀρετὰς ἀφθόρους δοκεῖν εἶναι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 7 3:2)
  • αἴθ ὄφελες καὶ ἄμικτος ἀνύμφευτός τε παρείης, ἄφθορος ὡς κούρη πρὸς πόσιν ἐρχομένη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 229 1:1)

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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