Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπάτωρ

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπάτωρ

Etym.: path/r

Sense

  1. without father, fatherless, not having, for a father

Examples

  • ὡσ γὰρ ἀμήτωρ ἀπάτωρ τε γεγὼσ τοὺσ θρέψαντασ Φοίβου ναοὺσ θεραπεύω. (Euripides, Ion, choral, anapests9)
  • πῶσ μόνη σωθήσομαι, ἀνάδελφοσ ἀπάτωρ ἄφιλοσ; (Euripides, episode 4:18)
  • εἰ γὰρ δήπου, ἔφη, πατήρ ἐστιν ὁ Χαιρέδημοσ, ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Εὐθύδημοσ, πάλιν αὖ ὁ Σωφρονίσκοσ ἕτεροσ ὢν πατρὸσ οὐ πατήρ ἐστιν, ὥστε σύ, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, ἀπάτωρ εἶ. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 352:1)
  • ἀπάτωρ, ἀμήτωρ, ἀγενεαλόγητοσ, μήτε ἀρχὴν ἡμερῶν μήτε ζωῆσ τέλοσ ἔχων, ἀφωμοιωμένοσ δὲ τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ θεοῦ, μένει ἱερεὺσ εἰσ τὸ διηνεκέσ. (PROS EBRAIOUS, chapter 7 4:1)

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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