ἄθεος
First/Second declension Adjective;
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἄθεος
ἄθεος
ἄθεον
Structure:
ἀ
(Prefix)
+
θε
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- without gods
- rejecting or disdaining the belief in the gods (especially officially sanctioned gods)
- generally: godless, secular
- abandoned by the gods
- (lexicography) not derived from a theonym
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.
- ἐπεὶ δὲ ἤδη πολλοὶ τῶν νοῦν ἐχόντων ὥσπερ ἐκ μέθησ βαθείασ ἀναφέροντεσ συνίσταντο ἐπ’ αὐτόν, καὶ μάλιστα ὅσοι Ἐπικούρου ἑταῖροι ἦσαν καὶ ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσιν ἐπεφώρατο ἠρέμα ἡ πᾶσα μαγγανεία καὶ συσκευὴ τοῦ δράματοσ, ἐκφέρει φόβητρόν τι ἐπ’ αὐτούσ, λέγων ἀθέων ἐμπεπλῆσθαι καὶ Χριστιανῶν τὸν Πόντον, οἳ περὶ αὐτοῦ τολμῶσι τὰ κάκιστα βλασφημεῖν οὓσ ἐκέλευε λίθοισ ἐλαύνειν, εἴ γε θέλουσιν ἵλεω ἔχειν τὸν θεόν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 25:1)
- πιθοῦσα δ’ Ἥραν παῦσεν καλυκοστεφάνουσ κούρασ μανιᾶν ἀθέων· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 8:3)
- ἢν γάρ με λάθῃ δράσασ ἀνόσια, δώσει τε δίκην καὶ πρὸσ τούτῳ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἀνδράσιν ἔσται παράδειγμ’ ὕβρεωσ ἀδίκων τ’ ἔργων ἀθέων τε τρόπων· (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Choral, strophe 11)
- οὐ δοκεῖ σοι καὶ τὸ τῶν ἀθέων πρὸσ τοὺσ δεισιδαίμονασ πάθοσ ἔχειν τοιαύτην διαφοράν; (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 62)
- "τοὐναντίον δ’ ὑμῖν ἐγὼ προβάλλω διαπορῆσαι, πῶσ οὐχὶ καὶ τότ’ ἀπείρηκεν οὐδ’ Ἡρακλῆσ αὖθισ ἤ τισ ἄλλοσ θεῶν ὑπέσπακε τὸν τρίποδα καταπιμπλάμενον αἰσχρῶν καὶ ἀθέων ἐρωτημάτων, ἃ τῷ θεῷ προβάλλουσιν οἱ μὲν ὡσ σοφιστοῦ διάπειραν λαμβάνοντεσ οἱ δὲ περὶ θησαυρῶν ἢ κληρονομιῶν ἢ γάμων παρανόμων διερωτῶντεσ· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 7 2:2)
Synonyms
-
without gods
-
abandoned by the gods
Derived
- θεός (divine (used only in comparative: θεώτερος ))
