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ἄπειρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπειρος ἄπειρος ἄπειρον

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

Etym.: pei=ra

Sense

  1. without trial or experience, not used to, ignorant of, unacquainted with
  2. (absolute) inexperienced, ignorant

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓πειρος ά̓πειρον
Genitive ἀπείρου ἀπείρου
Dative ἀπείρῳ ἀπείρῳ
Accusative ά̓πειρον ά̓πειρον
Vocative ά̓πειρε ά̓πειρον
DualN/A/V ἀπείρω ἀπείρω
G/D ἀπείροιν ἀπείροιν
PluralNominative ά̓πειροι ά̓πειρα
Genitive ἀπείρων ἀπείρων
Dative ἀπείροις ἀπείροις
Accusative ἀπείρους ά̓πειρα
Vocative ά̓πειροι ά̓πειρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓πειρος ἀπείρου ἀπειρότερος ἀπειροτέρου ἀπειρότατος ἀπειροτάτου
Adverb ἀπείρως ἀπειρότερον ἀπειρότατα

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

  • δικαιότατον μέντοι μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι ἐμὲ νεώτερον ὄντα τῶνδε καὶ ἀπειρότερον τούτων ἀκούειν πρότερον τί λέγουσιν καὶ μανθάνειν παρ’ αὐτῶν· (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 20:2)
  • Πείσανδρον δὲ τὸν τῆσ γυναικὸσ ἀδελφὸν ναύαρχον κατέστησε, φιλότιμον μὲν καὶ ἐρρωμένον τὴν ψυχήν, ἀπειρότερον δὲ τοῦ παρασκευάζεσθαι ὡσ δεῖ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 36:1)
  • τί γὰρ ἀπειρότερον, ἅμα δ’ ἐπισφαλέστερον ἄρχοντοσ, ὃσ ὁρᾶται μὲν ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων, ὁρᾷ δ’ οὐδένα; (Polybius, Histories, book 10, chapter 24 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. without trial or experience

  2. inexperienced

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