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ἀφυής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφυής ἀφυές

Structure: ἀφυη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fuh/

Sense

  1. without natural talent, witless, dull, naturally unsuited
  2. simple, unschooled

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀφυής ά̓φυες
Genitive ἀφυούς ἀφύους
Dative ἀφυεί ἀφύει
Accusative ἀφυή ά̓φυες
Vocative ἀφυές ά̓φυες
DualN/A/V ἀφυεί ἀφύει
G/D ἀφυοίν ἀφύοιν
PluralNominative ἀφυείς ἀφύη
Genitive ἀφυών ἀφύων
Dative ἀφυέσιν* ἀφύεσιν*
Accusative ἀφυείς ἀφύη
Vocative ἀφυείς ἀφύη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀφυής ἀφυούς ἀφυέστερος ἀφυεστέρου ἀφυέστατος ἀφυεστάτου
Adverb ἀφυέως ἀφυέστερον ἀφυέστατα

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

  • εἰ δέ τισ ὑμᾶσ ὑποθωπεύσασ λιπαρὰσ καλέσειεν Ἀθήνασ, ηὑρ́ετο πᾶν ἂν διὰ τὰσ λιπαράσ, ἀφύων τιμὴν περιάψασ. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parabasis, parabasis6)
  • οἱ δ’ ἐθορύβουν περὶ τῶν ἀφύων ἑστηκότεσ· (Aristotle, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:5)
  • κοῦφοί εἰσι καὶ τῶν ἀφύων ἐλαφρότεροι. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 48:35)
  • καὶ μέντοι δοκεῖν αὐτῷ τὸν Ποσειδῶνα μειδιάσαντα τὴν δεξιὰν προτεῖναι καὶ εἰπεῖν ὡσ ἀφύων φορὰν Μεγαρεῦσι ποιήσει δι’ ἐκεῖνον. (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 12 11:1)
  • διὸ καὶ ὁ Ῥοῦφοσ τὰ πολλὰ ἀπέτρεπεν τούτῳ δοκιμαστηρίῳ χρώμενοσ τῶν εὐφυῶν καὶ ἀφυῶν. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. simple

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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