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ἀκερδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκερδής ἀκερδές

Structure: ἀκερδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ke/rdos

Sense

  1. without gain, bringing loss
  2. not greedy of gain

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀκερδής ά̓κερδες
Genitive ἀκερδούς ἀκέρδους
Dative ἀκερδεί ἀκέρδει
Accusative ἀκερδή ά̓κερδες
Vocative ἀκερδές ά̓κερδες
DualN/A/V ἀκερδεί ἀκέρδει
G/D ἀκερδοίν ἀκέρδοιν
PluralNominative ἀκερδείς ἀκέρδη
Genitive ἀκερδών ἀκέρδων
Dative ἀκερδέσιν* ἀκέρδεσιν*
Accusative ἀκερδείς ἀκέρδη
Vocative ἀκερδείς ἀκέρδη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀκερδής ἀκερδούς ἀκερδέστερος ἀκερδεστέρου ἀκερδέστατος ἀκερδεστάτου
Adverb ἀκερδέως ἀκερδέστερον ἀκερδέστατα

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

  • ἐναισίου δὲ σοῦ τύχοιμι, μηδ’ ἄλαστον ἄνδρ’ ἰδὼν ἀκερδῆ χάριν μετάσχοιμί πωσ. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, strophe 23)
  • πεσόντων δὲ ἁπάντων, οἱ πεντήκοντα τὰσ γυναῖκασ καὶ τὰ παιδία κατέσφαξαν, καὶ τὸ πῦρ ἐγείραντεσ ἑαυτοὺσ ἐπέρριψαν, ἀκερδῆ τοῖσ πολεμίοισ τὴν νίκην ἐργασάμενοι. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 6 5:7)

Synonyms

  1. without gain

  2. not greedy of gain

Similar forms

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

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