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ἄπονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπονος ἄπονος ἄπονον

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

Sense

  1. without toil or trouble
  2. painless

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓πονος ά̓πονον
Genitive ἀπόνου ἀπόνου
Dative ἀπόνῳ ἀπόνῳ
Accusative ά̓πονον ά̓πονον
Vocative ά̓πονε ά̓πονον
DualN/A/V ἀπόνω ἀπόνω
G/D ἀπόνοιν ἀπόνοιν
PluralNominative ά̓πονοι ά̓πονα
Genitive ἀπόνων ἀπόνων
Dative ἀπόνοις ἀπόνοις
Accusative ἀπόνους ά̓πονα
Vocative ά̓πονοι ά̓πονα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓πονος ἀπόνου ἀπονώτερος ἀπονωτέρου ἀπονώτατος ἀπονωτάτου
Adverb ἀπόνως ἀπονώτερον ἀπονώτατα

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

  • πᾶν ἄπονον δαιμονίων. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 52)
  • νῦν δέ, ὦ Ἀθηναῖοι, εἴ μοι βουληθεῖτε δοῦναι χάριν μικράν τε καὶ ἄπονον ὑμῖν καὶ ἅμα δικαίαν, πάνυ ἄν μοι τοῦτο ἐν μεγάλῃ ἡδονῇ γένοιτο. (Andocides, Speeches, 34:2)
  • ἄπονον δ’ ἔλαβον χάρμα παῦροί τινεσ, ἔργων πρὸ πάντων βιότῳ φάοσ. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 10 6:1)
  • Ἢν δὲ ἀπὸ τῆσ φλεγμονῆσ ἀνεκπύητον ᾖ τὸ ἧπαρ, ἄπονον μὲν οὐ γίγνεται, τὸν ὄγκον τε τὸν σκληρὸν ἷζον εἰσ σκίρρον ἱδρύεται. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 264)
  • τὸ μὲν κάρτα πυκνὸν ἀναίσθη τον ψαύσιοσ καὶ τρώσιοσ, τῇδε καὶ ἄπονον ψαύσι καὶ τρώσι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 308)

Synonyms

  1. without toil or trouble

  2. painless

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