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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

  • πρὸσ δὲ τὸν εὐσεβῆ καὶ φιλόθεον ὡσ ἄθεοσ καὶ ἀνόσιοσ ὁ φίλοσ διαβάλλεται καὶ ὡσ τὸ θεῖον παρωθούμενοσ καὶ τὴν πρόνοιαν ἀρνούμενοσ· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 14:5)
  • "εἴ τισ ἄθεοσ ἢ Χριστιανὸσ ἢ Ἐπικούρειοσ ἥκει κατάσκοποσ τῶν ὀργίων, φευγέτω· (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 38:4)
  • κᾆτ’ ἰαχήθησ καθ’ Ἑλλανίαν προδότισ ἄπιστοσ ἄδικοσ ἄθεοσ· (Euripides, Helen, choral, strophe 24)
  • ἐοίκε γὰρ ὁ μὲν ἄθεοσ ἀκίνητοσ εἶναι πρὸσ τὸ θεῖον, ὁ δὲ δεισιδαίμων κινούμενοσ ὡσ οὐ προσήκει διαστρέφεσθαι. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 2 2:2)
  • ἄθεοσ ἐκλογίζεται καὶ ἀναμιμνῄσκεται πλησμονὰσ αὑτοῦ καὶ οἰνώσεισ καὶ ἀταξίασ περὶ δίαιταν ἢ κόπουσ ὑπερβάλλοντασ ἢ μεταβολὰσ ἀέρων ἀήθεισ καὶ τόπων, ἔπειτα προσκρούσασ ἐν πολιτείαισ καὶ περιπεσὼν ἀδοξίαισ πρὸσ ὄχλον ἢ διαβολαῖσ πρὸσ ἡγεμόνα τὴν αἰτίαν ἐξ αὑτοῦ καὶ τῶν· (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 7 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. without gods

  2. abandoned by the gods

Related

Derived

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

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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