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ἄφυλλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφυλλος ἄφυλλον

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

Etym.: fu/llon

Sense

  1. leafless

Examples

  • τῶν σῶν δὲ γονάτων πρωτόλεια θιγγάνω ἱκέτησ, ἀφύλλου στόματοσ ἐξάπτων λιτάσ· (Euripides, episode, iambic 2:5)
  • φιλύρασ εἶχε γάρ ὁ παῖσ ἀφύλλου στέφανον ἀμφικείμενον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 253)

Synonyms

  1. leafless

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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