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ἀόριστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀόριστος

Structure: ἀοριστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o(ri/zw

Sense

  1. indefinite

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀόριστος ἀόριστον
Genitive ἀορίστου ἀορίστου
Dative ἀορίστῳ ἀορίστῳ
Accusative ἀόριστον ἀόριστον
Vocative ἀόριστε ἀόριστον
DualN/A/V ἀορίστω ἀορίστω
G/D ἀορίστοιν ἀορίστοιν
PluralNominative ἀόριστοι ἀόριστα
Genitive ἀορίστων ἀορίστων
Dative ἀορίστοις ἀορίστοις
Accusative ἀορίστους ἀόριστα
Vocative ἀόριστοι ἀόριστα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀόριστος ἀορίστου ἀοριστότερος ἀοριστοτέρου ἀοριστότατος ἀοριστοτάτου
Adverb ἀορίστως ἀοριστότερον ἀοριστότατα

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

  • "τὸ ἀξίωμα περὶ τῶν οὕτωσ, ὡσ λέγει Βόηθοσ, ἀορίστωσ καὶ ἀνυποθέτωσ λεγομένων· (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 111)
  • οὔπω γὰρ αὐτὸ τοὔνομα τῆσ τύχησ λέγοντεσ, εἰδότεσ δὲ τὴν τῆσ ἀτάκτωσ καὶ ἀορίστωσ περιφερομένησ αἰτίασ δύναμιν ἰσχυρὰν καὶ ἀφύλακτον οὖσαν ἀνθρωπίνῳ λογισμῷ τοῖσ τῶν θεῶν ὀνόμασιν ἐξέφραζον, ὥσπερ ἡμεῖσ καὶ πράγματα καὶ ἤθη καὶ νὴ Δία καὶ λόγουσ καὶ ἄνδρασ εἰώθαμεν δαιμονίουσ καὶ θείουσ προσαγορεύειν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 6 32:1)
  • κιβδηλείαν δὲ χρὴ πάντα ἄνδρα διανοηθῆναι καὶ ψεῦδοσ καὶ ἀπάτην ὡσ ἕν τι γένοσ ὄν, τοῦτο ᾧ τὴν φήμην ἐπιφέρειν εἰώθασιν οἱ πολλοί, κακῶσ λέγοντεσ, ὡσ ἐν καιρῷ γιγνόμενον ἑκάστοτε τὸ τοιοῦτον πολλάκισ ἂν ὀρθῶσ ἔχοι, τὸν καιρὸν δὲ καὶ ὅπου καὶ ὁπότε ἀτάκτωσ καὶ ἀορίστωσ ἐῶντεσ, τῇ λέξει ταύτῃ πολλὰ ζημιοῦνταί τε καὶ ζημιοῦσιν ἑτέρουσ. (Plato, Laws, book 11 24:3)

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