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ἀφρηστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφρηστής

Structure: ἀφρηστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: a)fro/s

Sense

  1. the foamer

Declension

First declension

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

  • οὐκέτι παφλάζοντα διαΐσσων βυθὸν ἅλμησ δελφίσ, πτοιήσεισ εἰναλίων ἀγέλασ, οὐδὲ πολυτρήτοιο μέλοσ καλάμοιο χορεύων ὑγρὸν ἀναρρίψεισ ἅλμα παρὰ σκαφίσιν οὐδὲ σὺ γ’, ἀφρηστά, Νηρηίδασ ὡσ πρὶν ἀείρων νώτοισ πορθμεύσεισ Τηθύοσ εἰσ πέρατα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2141)

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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