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ἄπνοος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπνοος

Structure: ἀπνο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pne/w

Sense

  1. without breath, lifeless

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓πνοος ά̓πνοον
Genitive ἀπνόου ἀπνόου
Dative ἀπνόῳ ἀπνόῳ
Accusative ά̓πνοον ά̓πνοον
Vocative ά̓πνοε ά̓πνοον
DualN/A/V ἀπνόω ἀπνόω
G/D ἀπνόοιν ἀπνόοιν
PluralNominative ά̓πνοοι ά̓πνοα
Genitive ἀπνόων ἀπνόων
Dative ἀπνόοις ἀπνόοις
Accusative ἀπνόους ά̓πνοα
Vocative ά̓πνοοι ά̓πνοα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓πνοος ἀπνόου ἀπνοώτερος ἀπνοωτέρου ἀπνοώτατος ἀπνοωτάτου
Adverb ἀπνόως ἀπνοώτερον ἀπνοώτατα

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

  • ἀπὸ κρατὸσ δὲ κελαινὴν ἄχρισ ἐπ’ ἄκνηστιν κεῖτ’ ἄπνοοσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 22:20)
  • εἰσ Ἔρωτα καθεύδοντα ἐν πιπεροπάστῃ οὐδὲ κατακνώσσων, οὐδ’ ἄπνοοσ, οὐδ’ ἐνὶ δαιτὶ νόσφι πυρισπάρτου δήγματόσ ἐστιν Ἔρωσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2081)
  • Πυθοῖ δ’ ἄπνοοσ ἐκφέρομαι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 812)
  • "ἢ φύσισ ἄπνοόσ ἐστιν, ἢ ἔμπνοοσ ἔπλετο τέχνη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7932)
  • οὐδέ σε χαλκὸσ ἔπαυσεν ὀιζύοσ, οὐδέ σε τέχνη ἄπνοοσ οἰκτείρασα δυσαλθέοσ ἔσχεθε λύσσησ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 35:2)

Synonyms

  1. without breath

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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