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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

  • "ἡ ἐν Κρήτῃ καλουμένη Κυπρία συκῆ φέρει τὸν καρπὸν ἐκ τοῦ στελέχουσ καὶ τῶν παχυτάτων ἀκρεμόνων, βλαστὸν δέ τινα ἀφίησι μικρὸν ἄφυλλον ὥσπερ ῥίζιον, πρὸσ ᾧ ὁ καρπόσ, τὸ δὲ στέλεχοσ μέγα καὶ παρόμοιον τῇ λεύκῃ, φύλλον δὲ τῇ πτελέᾳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 6 1:2)
  • "οὕτω καὶ ὁ ποθῶν χειμῶνοσ ὡρ́ᾳ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆσ ἀμπέλου στέφανον, ὡσ ἐκείνην ἑώρα γυμνὴν καὶ ἄφυλλον, ἀγαπῆσαι τὴν ὁμοιότητα τοῦ κιττοῦ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 2:17)

Synonyms

  1. leafless

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