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ἄφρουρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφρουρος ἄφρουρᾱ ἄφρουρον

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

Etym.: froura/

Sense

  1. unguarded, unwatched

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓φρουρος ἄφρούρᾱ ά̓φρουρον
Genitive ἀφρούρου ἄφρούρᾱς ἀφρούρου
Dative ἀφρούρῳ ἄφρούρᾱͅ ἀφρούρῳ
Accusative ά̓φρουρον ἄφρούρᾱν ά̓φρουρον
Vocative ά̓φρουρε ἄφρούρᾱ ά̓φρουρον
DualN/A/V ἀφρούρω ἄφρούρᾱ ἀφρούρω
G/D ἀφρούροιν ἄφρούραιν ἀφρούροιν
PluralNominative ά̓φρουροι ά̓́φρουραι ά̓φρουρα
Genitive ἀφρούρων ἄφρουρῶν ἀφρούρων
Dative ἀφρούροις ἄφρούραις ἀφρούροις
Accusative ἀφρούρους ἄφρούρᾱς ά̓φρουρα
Vocative ά̓φρουροι ά̓́φρουραι ά̓φρουρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓φρουρος ἀφρούρου ἀφρουρότερος ἀφρουροτέρου ἀφρουρότατος ἀφρουροτάτου
Adverb ἀφρούρως ἀφρουρότερον ἀφρουρότατα

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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ κινῶν ἅπαντα καὶ πειρώμενοσ ἐπυνθάνετο μίαν εἰσβολὴν ἔτι μόνον ἄφρουρον ἀπολείπεσθαι, τὴν διὰ Περραιβίασ παρὰ τὸ Πύθιον καί τὴν Πέτραν, τῷ μὴ φυλάττεσθαι τὸν τόπον ἐλπίσασ μᾶλλον ἢ δι’ ἣν οὐκ ἐφυλάττετο δυσχωρίαν καί τραχύτητα δείσασ ἐβουλεύετο. (Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus, chapter 15 1:2)
  • ἔστι γὰρ αὐτοῖσ νόμοσ τὸν μὲν γεννήσαντα τρεῖσ υἱοὺσ ἄφρουρον εἶναι, τὸν δὲ τέτταρασ ἀτελῆ πάντων. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 2 223:2)

Synonyms

  1. unguarded

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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