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ἄφραστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφραστος ἄφραστη ἄφραστον

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

Etym.: fra/zw

Sense

  1. unutterable, inexpressible
  2. not perceived or thought of, least likely to be thought of, beyond thought

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓φραστος ἄφράστη ά̓φραστον
Genitive ἀφράστου ἄφράστης ἀφράστου
Dative ἀφράστῳ ἄφράστῃ ἀφράστῳ
Accusative ά̓φραστον ἄφράστην ά̓φραστον
Vocative ά̓φραστε ἄφράστη ά̓φραστον
DualN/A/V ἀφράστω ἄφράστᾱ ἀφράστω
G/D ἀφράστοιν ἄφράσταιν ἀφράστοιν
PluralNominative ά̓φραστοι ά̓́φρασται ά̓φραστα
Genitive ἀφράστων ἄφραστῶν ἀφράστων
Dative ἀφράστοις ἄφράσταις ἀφράστοις
Accusative ἀφράστους ἄφράστᾱς ά̓φραστα
Vocative ά̓φραστοι ά̓́φρασται ά̓φραστα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓φραστος ἀφράστου ἀφραστότερος ἀφραστοτέρου ἀφραστότατος ἀφραστοτάτου
Adverb ἀφράστως ἀφραστότερον ἀφραστότατα

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

  • πλευραῖσι γὰρ προσμαχθὲν ἐκ μὲν ἐσχάτασ βέβρωκε σάρκασ, πλεύμονόσ τ’ ἀρτηρίασ ῥοφεῖ ξυνοικοῦν, ἐκ δὲ χλωρὸν αἷμά μου πέπωκεν ἤδη, καὶ διέφθαρμαι δέμασ τὸ πᾶν, ἀφράστῳ τῇδε χειρωθεὶσ πέδῃ. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode4)

Synonyms

  1. unutterable

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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