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ἄπειρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπειρος ἀπείρου

Structure: ἀπειρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pei=ras, pe/ras

Sense

  1. Doric spelling of ἤπειρος ‎(ḗpeiros)

Declension

Second declension

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

  • ᾖ μὴν οὐκ ὄψονται τὴν γῆν, ἣν ὤμοσα τοῖσ πατράσιν αὐτῶν, ἀλλ’ ἢ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, ἅ ἐστι μετ’ ἐμοῦ ὧδε, ὅσοι οὐκ οἴδασιν ἀγαθὸν οὐδὲ κακόν, πᾶσ νεώτεροσ ἄπειροσ, τούτοισ δώσω τὴν γῆν, πάντεσ δὲ οἱ παροξύναντέσ με οὐκ ὄψονται αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 14:23)
  • ὧν δὲ ἄπειροσ εἰή, κρῖναι ἱκανῶσ οὐκ ἀπήλλακτο· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 16 1:6)
  • ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα ἔλαχέ μοι ταύτην τὴν δίκην Ἀρχεβιάδησ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, προσῆλθον αὐτῷ λέγων, ὅτι νέοσ καὶ ἄπειροσ εἰήν πραγμάτων καὶ οὐδὲν δεόμενοσ εἰσιέναι εἰσ δικαστήριον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 102)
  • ὃ μέν γε ἀρχῇ κέχρηται, ὅτι νέοσ τε καὶ ἄπειροσ εἰή πραγμάτων καὶ οὐδὲν δεόμενοσ εἰσ δικαστήριον εἰσιέναι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 113)
  • ἄπειροσ εἶ, φημί, τῶν ἡμετέρων ἔτι· (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 10:6)

Synonyms

  1. Doric spelling of ἤπειρος ‎

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