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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

  • ἑτοιμάζονται ἀκολάστοισ μάστιγεσ, καὶ τιμωρίαι ὁμοίωσ ἄφροσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 19:27)
  • ὧν ὄψισ ἄφροσιν εἰσ ὄνειδοσ ἔρχεται, ποθεῖ τε νεκρᾶσ εἰκόνοσ εἶδοσ ἄπνουν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 15:5)
  • παρά γε τοῖσ ἄφροσιν, οἳ καὶ τὸν πτωχὸν λοιδόρημα ποιοῦνται καὶ τὸν φαλακρὸν καὶ τὸν μικρόν, καὶ νὴ Δία τὸν ξένον καὶ τὸν μέτοικον. (Plutarch, De exilio, section 172)
  • ἡ δ’ ὄψισ ἐπιδείκνυται Τ ύχησ ἰσχὺν καὶ πρὸσ ἅπαν εὐπορίαν ἐκ τῶν παραλόγων, ὅταν τι πραγματεύηται καὶ στρατηγῇ, νοῦν μὲν ἀλόγοισ καὶ ἄφροσιν, ἀλκὴν δὲ καὶ θράσοσ δειλοῖσ ἐντιθείσησ. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 12 6:2)
  • θεὸσ δὲ ἀνθρώποισ σώφροσιν νόμοσ, ἄφροσιν δὲ ἡδονή. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 8 19:4)

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