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ἀφροσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφροσύνη ἀφροσύνης

Structure: ἀφροσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: a)/frwn

Sense

  1. folly, thoughtlessness, meaninglessness

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀφροσύνη ἀφροσύνᾱ ἀφροσύναι
Genitive ἀφροσύνης ἀφροσύναιν ἀφροσυνῶν
Dative ἀφροσύνῃ ἀφροσύναιν ἀφροσύναις
Accusative ἀφροσύνην ἀφροσύνᾱ ἀφροσύνᾱς
Vocative ἀφροσύνη ἀφροσύνᾱ ἀφροσύναι

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

  • στενάχει δ’ ὑψιπαγὴσ Σίπυλοσ, γλώσσᾳ θνατοῖσιν δολία νόσοσ, ἇσ ἀχάλινοσ ἀφροσύνα τίκτει πολλάκι δυστυχίαν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 132 1:2)
  • φρονεῖτε νῦν αἰθέροσ ὑψηλότερον καὶ μεγάλων πεδίων ἀρούρασ, φρονεῖθ’ ὑπερβαλλόμενοι δόμων δόμουσ, ἀφροσύνᾳ πρόσω βιοτὰν τεκμαιρόμενοι. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvi, chapter 92 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. folly

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