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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)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀντικωμῳδῶν τὸν Ἀλκαῖον τῷ ἐλεγείῳ παρέβαλεν αφλοιοσ καὶ ἄφυλλοσ, ὁδοιπόρε, τῷδ’ ἐπὶ νώτῳ Ἀλκαίῳ σταυρὸσ πήγνυται ἠλίβατοσ· (Plutarch, Titus Flamininus, chapter 9 3:2)
  • ἐκ δὲ τοῦ λειχὴν ἄφυλλοσ, ἄτεκνοσ, ἰὼ δίκα, πέδον ἐπισύμενοσ βροτοφθόρουσ κηλῖδασ ἐν χώρᾳ βαλεῖ. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, strophe 13)
  • ἐκ δὲ τοῦ λειχὴν ἄφυλλοσ, ἄτεκνοσ, ἰὼ δίκα, πέδον ἐπισύμενοσ βροτοφθόρουσ κηλῖδασ ἐν χώρᾳ βαλεῖ. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, antistrophe 13)
  • τοῦ Μακεδόνων βασιλέωσ Ἄφλοιοσ καὶ ἄφυλλοσ, ὁδοίπορε, τῷδ’ ἐπὶ νώτῳ Ἀλκαίῳ σταυρὸσ πήγνυται ἡλίβατοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 26b1)

Synonyms

  1. leafless

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