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ἄπλοος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπλοος

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

Etym.: ple/w

Sense

  1. not sailing, unfit for sea, not sea-worthy, less fit for sea
  2. not navigable

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓πλοος ά̓πλοον
Genitive ἀπλόου ἀπλόου
Dative ἀπλόῳ ἀπλόῳ
Accusative ά̓πλοον ά̓πλοον
Vocative ά̓πλοε ά̓πλοον
DualN/A/V ἀπλόω ἀπλόω
G/D ἀπλόοιν ἀπλόοιν
PluralNominative ά̓πλοοι ά̓πλοα
Genitive ἀπλόων ἀπλόων
Dative ἀπλόοις ἀπλόοις
Accusative ἀπλόους ά̓πλοα
Vocative ά̓πλοοι ά̓πλοα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓πλοος ἀπλόου ἀπλοώτερος ἀπλοωτέρου ἀπλοώτατος ἀπλοωτάτου
Adverb ἀπλόως ἀπλοώτερον ἀπλοώτατα

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

  • διὸ δεῖ μὴ καθάπερ οἱ ἄπλοοι ναύκληροι πολλὰ δι’ ἀπληστίαν ἐμβαλόμενοι, τοὐντεῦθεν ἢδη διατελοῦσιν ἀντλοῦντεσ καὶ· (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 10 3:3)
  • βίοσ δ’ ἀπράγμων τοῖσ γέρουσι συμφέρει μάλιστα δ’ ει’ τύχοιεν ἁπλόοι τρόποισ ἢ μακκοᾶν μέλλοιεν ἢ ληρεῖν ὅλωσ, ὅπερ γερόντων ἐστίν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 133)

Synonyms

  1. not navigable

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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