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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

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

  • Ἀφεστεῶτα μὲν, ὥστε τὰ μετέωρα τῆσ ἕδρησ ψαύειν μὲν, πιέζειν δὲ μή‧ ἄρχεσθαι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ὑγιέοσ, τελευτᾷν δὲ πρὸσ τὸ ἕλκοσ, ὡσ τὸ μὲν ὑπεὸν ἐξαθέλγηται, ἕτερον δὲ μὴ ἐπιξυλλέγηται‧ ἐπιδεῖν τὰ μὲν ὀρθὰ ἐσ ὀρθὸν, τὰ δὲ λοξὰ λοξῶσ, ἐν σχήματι ἀπόνῳ, ἐν ᾧ μήτε ἀπόσφιγξισ, μήτε ἀπόστασισ ἔσται τισ, ἐξ οὗ, ὅταν μεταλλάσσῃ ἢ ἐσ ἀνάληψιν ἢ ἐσ θέσιν, οὐ μεταλλάξουσιν, ἀλλ’ ὅμοια ταῦτα ἕξούσι, μύεσ, φλέβεσ, νεῦρα, ὀστέα, ᾗ μάλιστα εὔθετα καὶ εὔσχετα‧ ἀναλελάφθαι δὲ, ἢ κέεσθαι ἐν σχήματι ἀπόνῳ τῷ κατὰ φύσιν‧ ὧν δὲ ἂν ἀποστῇ, τἀναντία. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., KAT' IHTREION., 11.3)
  • ὁρᾷ γὰρ τοὺσ μὲν ἰδιώτασ, εἰ μέλλουσιν ὑγιαίνειν καὶ παραμένειν εἰσ γῆρασ, οὔποτε ἀργῷ καὶ ἀπόνῳ τῷ σώματι τροφὴν προσφέροντασ, ἀλλὰ τοὺσ μὲν τέχνασ ἐργαζομένουσ, ἐνίασ αὐτῶν καὶ πολὺν ἐχούσασ τὸν κάματον, τοὺσ μὲν χαλκέασ, τοὺσ δὲ ναυπηγούσ, τοὺσ δὲ οἰκοδόμουσ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 149:2)

Synonyms

  1. without toil or trouble

  2. painless

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