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ἄμορφος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄμορφος ἄμορφος ἄμορφον

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

Etym.: morfh/

Sense

  1. misshapen, ugly
  2. formless, shapeless

Examples

  • πάντα γὰρ ἴσα καὶ ὁμόχροα καὶ οὐδὲν οὔτε καλὸν οὔτε κάλλιον, ἀλλ’ ἤδη καὶ τὸ τριβώνιον τέωσ ἄμορφον εἶναί μοι δοκοῦν ἰσότιμον γίγνεται τῇ πορφυρίδι τοῦ βασιλέωσ· (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 22:4)
  • Οὐδὲ τὸ λάσιον αὐτοῦ καί, ὡσ φήσ, ἄγριον ἄμορφόν ἐστιν ‐ ἀνδρῶδεσ γάρ ‐ ὅ τε ὀφθαλμὸσ ἐπιπρέπει τῷ μετώπῳ οὐδὲν ἐνδεέστερον ὁρῶν ἢ εἰ δύ̓ ἦσαν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and galataea, chapter 15)
  • Οἶδα οὐκ ἄμορφον, ὦ Ἀλφειέ, τὴν Ἀρέθουσαν, ἀλλὰ διαυγήσ τέ ἐστι καὶ διὰ καθαροῦ ἀναβλύζει καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ ἐπιπρέπει ταῖσ ψηφίσιν ὅλον ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν φαινόμενον ἀργυροειδέσ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, poseidon and alpheios, chapter 21)
  • οὐδ̓ ἂν ὠφελήσειεν αὐτό, παρὰ γοῦν ἐμοί, ἡ καινότησ, μὴ οὐχὶ συντετρῖφθαι ἄμορφον ὄν. (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 8:1)
  • ἦν τοίνυν πάλαι ‐ ῥᾷον γὰρ οὕτω δῆλον ἂν γένοιτο, εἴ τι ἠδίκηκα ἐγὼ μετακοσμήσασ καὶ νεωτερίσασ τὰ περὶ τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ‐ ἦν οὖν τὸ θεῖον μόνον καὶ τὸ ἐπουράνιον γένοσ, ἡ γῆ δὲ ἄγριόν τι χρῆμα καὶ ἄμορφον, ὕλαισ ἅπασα καὶ ταύταισ ἀνημέροισ λάσιοσ, οὔτε δὲ βωμοὶ θεῶν ἢ νέωσ, ‐ πόθεν γάρ ^ ; (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 12:1)

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