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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

  • λόγοι σοφῶν ἐν ἀναπαύσει ἀκούονται ὑπὲρ κραυγὴν ἐξουσιαζόντων ἐν ἀφροσύναισ. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 9:17)
  • ἁ δ’ αἰόλοισ κέρδεσσι καὶ ἀφροσύναισ ἐξαισίοισ θάλλουσ’ ἀθαμβὴσ Ὕβρισ, ἃ πλ[οῦτον] δύναμίν τε θοῶσ ἀλλότριον ὤπασεν, αὖτισ δ’ ἐσ βαθὺν πέμπει φθόρον, κείνα καὶ ὑπερφιάλουσ Γᾶσ παῖδασ ὤλεσσεν Γίγαντασ. (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 15 7:1)
  • οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ σφῇσιν εἴτε ἀτασθαλίαισιν εἴτε ἀφροσύναισ χρὴ εἰπεῖν, ὑπὲρ μόρον ἄλγε’ ἔχουσι. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 28:3)

Synonyms

  1. folly

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