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ἀμύητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμύητος ἀμύητη ἀμύητον

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

Etym.: mue/w

Sense

  1. uninitiated
  2. unable to keep close, leaky

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀμύητος ἀμύήτη ἀμύητον
Genitive ἀμυήτου ἀμύήτης ἀμυήτου
Dative ἀμυήτῳ ἀμύήτῃ ἀμυήτῳ
Accusative ἀμύητον ἀμύήτην ἀμύητον
Vocative ἀμύητε ἀμύήτη ἀμύητον
DualN/A/V ἀμυήτω ἀμύήτᾱ ἀμυήτω
G/D ἀμυήτοιν ἀμύήταιν ἀμυήτοιν
PluralNominative ἀμύητοι ἀμύ́ηται ἀμύητα
Genitive ἀμυήτων ἀμύητῶν ἀμυήτων
Dative ἀμυήτοις ἀμύήταις ἀμυήτοις
Accusative ἀμυήτους ἀμύήτᾱς ἀμύητα
Vocative ἀμύητοι ἀμύ́ηται ἀμύητα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀμύητος ἀμυήτου ἀμυητότερος ἀμυητοτέρου ἀμυητότατος ἀμυητοτάτου
Adverb ἀμυήτως ἀμυητότερον ἀμυητότατα

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

  • ὅτι δ’ οὕτωσ ἔχει, τὰ μὲν ὄργια σιωπᾶν ἄξιον τῶν ἀμυήτων ἕνεκα, ἐκεῖνο δὲ πάντεσ ἀκούουσιν, ὅτι τοὺσ ἐξαγορεύοντασ τὰ μυστήρια ἐξορχεῖσθαι λέγουσιν οἱ πολλοί. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 15:3)
  • "τῶν βεβήλων καὶ ἀμυήτων καὶ περὶ θεῶν δόξασ ἀσυγκράτουσ ἡμῖν ἐχόντων πάρεστιν · (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 161)
  • ἄθρει δὴ περισκοπῶν μή τισ τῶν ἀμυήτων ἐπακούῃ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 85:2)
  • αὐτοὶ δὲ ὡσπερεὶ συμβόλου χάριν ὡσ οὐ τῶν ἀμυήτων ἄρ’ ἦμεν, συμμέτρῳ τῇ φωνῇ προσείπωμεν τὸν θεόν· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. uninitiated

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

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