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.
- "ὁ δὲ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ τῆσ πανηγύρεωσ πληθούσησ μόνον οὐκ ἐπὶ σκηνῆσ ὀπτήσει ἑαυτόν, οὐκ ἀνάξιοσ ὤν, μὰ τὸν Ἡρακλέα, εἴ γε χρὴ καὶ τοὺσ πατραλοίασ καὶ τοὺσ ἀθέουσ δίκασ διδόναι τῶν τολμημάτων. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:52)
- φανερὸν μὲν ἔγωγ’ οἶμαι γνῶναι τοῦτ’ εἶναι πᾶσιν ὁμοίωσ, ὅτι τοὺσ χρηστοὺσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων εὖ πράττειν ἐστὶ δίκαιον, τοὺσ δὲ πονηροὺσ καὶ τοὺσ ἀθέουσ τούτων τἀναντία δήπου. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, epirrheme1)
- ἢν γὰρ ὁ Πλοῦτοσ νυνὶ βλέψῃ καὶ μὴ τυφλὸσ ὢν περινοστῇ, ὡσ τοὺσ ἀγαθοὺσ τῶν ἀνθρώπων βαδιεῖται κοὐκ ἀπολείψει, τοὺσ δὲ πονηροὺσ καὶ τοὺσ ἀθέουσ φευξεῖται· (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, epirrheme3)
- "ὥστε τοῖσ τούτων δόγμασι τὸ ζῆν ἀναιρεῖται καὶ τὸ ζῷον εἶναι, κενὰσ καὶ ἀπαθεῖσ καὶ ἀθέουσ καὶ ἀψύχουσ, ἔτι δ’ ἀμίκτουσ καὶ ἀσυγκράτουσ ἀρχὰσ ὑποτιθεμένοισ. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 10 1:14)
- ἄλλωσ τε καὶ τὴν κατηγορίαν ὁ Ἀπολλώνιοσ οὐκ ἀθρόαν ὥσπερ ὁ Ἀπίων ἔταξεν, ἀλλὰ σποράδην, καὶ δὴ εἴπασ ποτὲ μὲν ὡσ ἀθέουσ καὶ μισανθρώπουσ λοιδορεῖ, ποτὲ δ’ αὖ δειλίαν ἡμῖν ὀνειδίζει καὶ τοὔμπαλιν ἔστιν ὅπου τόλμαν κατηγορεῖ καὶ ἀπόνοιαν. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 97:1)
Synonyms
-
without gods
-
abandoned by the gods
Derived
- θεός (divine (used only in comparative: θεώτερος ))
