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ἄφρων

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφρων ἄφρων ἄφρον

Structure: ἀφρων (Stem)

Etym.: frh/n

Sense

  1. senseless, crazed, frantic, silly, foolish

Examples

  • καὶ ταύτασ γε δὴ παντάπασιν ἀεὶ μεταδιώκει τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ὅσῳ ἂν ἀκολαστότερόσ τε καὶ ἀφρονέστεροσ ὢν τυγχάνῃ, καὶ καλεῖ δὴ μεγίστασ ταύτασ, καὶ τὸν ἐν αὐταῖσ ὅτι μάλιστ’ ἀεὶ ζῶντα εὐδαιμονέστατον καταριθμεῖται. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 219:3)
  • Ἀλλὰ γὰρ ὀκνῶ μή ποτ’ εἰσ τὸ περιφερόμενον ἐμπεσὼν λάθω, πότερον ὁ τὸν τράγον ἀμέλγων ἀφρονέστεροσ ἢ ὁ τὸ κόσκινον ὑπέχων· (Polybius, Histories, book 33, chapter 21 1:1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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