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ἄθεος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄθεος ἄθεος ἄθεον

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

Sense

  1. without gods
  2. rejecting or disdaining the belief in the gods (especially officially sanctioned gods)
  3. generally: godless, secular
  4. abandoned by the gods
  5. (lexicography) not derived from a theonym

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓θεος ά̓θεον
Genitive ἀθέου ἀθέου
Dative ἀθέῳ ἀθέῳ
Accusative ά̓θεον ά̓θεον
Vocative ά̓θεε ά̓θεον
DualN/A/V ἀθέω ἀθέω
G/D ἀθέοιν ἀθέοιν
PluralNominative ά̓θεοι ά̓θεα
Genitive ἀθέων ἀθέων
Dative ἀθέοις ἀθέοις
Accusative ἀθέους ά̓θεα
Vocative ά̓θεοι ά̓θεα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓θεος ἀθέου ἀθεώτερος ἀθεωτέρου ἀθεώτατος ἀθεωτάτου
Adverb ἀθέως ἀθεώτερον ἀθεώτατα

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

  • οὐκέτι τὸν τοιοῦτον οὔτε στέγῃ τισ ἐδέχετο οὔτε πυρὸσ ἢ ὕδατοσ ἐκοινώνει, ἀλλ’ ἔδει γῆν πρὸ γῆσ ἐλαύνεσθαι ὡσ ἀσεβῆ καὶ ἄθεον καὶ Ἐπικούρειον, ἥπερ ἦν ἡ μεγίστη λοιδορία. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 46:2)
  • ἴτω δίκα φανερόσ, ἴτω ξιφηφόροσ φονεύουσα λαιμῶν διαμπὰξ τὸν ἄθεον ἄνομον ἄδικον Ἐχίονοσ γόνον γηγενῆ. (Euripides, choral, strophe 16)
  • ἴτω δίκα φανερόσ, ἴτω ξιφηφόροσ φονεύουσα λαιμῶν διαμπὰξ τὸν ἄθεον ἄνομον ἄδικον Ἐχίονοσ τόκον γηγενῆ. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 17)
  • στέγαι δ’ ἔρημοι φίλων, τὰν δ’ ἀνόστιμον τέκνων Χάρωνοσ ἐπιμένει πλάτα βίου κέλευθον ἄθεον ἄδι‐ κον· (Euripides, Heracles, choral, antistrophe 33)
  • "τὸ μὲν παθητικόν, ὦ Πεμπτίδη, καὶ πολεμικὸν καὶ ἀντίπαλον θεὸν ἔχει, τὸ δὲ φιλητικὸν καὶ κοινωνικὸν καὶ συνελευστικὸν ἄθεόν ἐστι; (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 14 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. without gods

  2. abandoned by the gods

Related

Derived

  • θεός (divine (used only in comparative: θεώτερος ‎))

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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