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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

  • νυνὶ δὲ τῷ μὲν ἀθέῳ δεισιδαιμονίασ οὐδὲν μέτεστιν, ὁ δὲ δεισιδαίμων τῇ προαιρέσει ἄθεοσ ὢν ἀσθενέστερόσ ἐστιν ἢ ὥστε δοξάζειν περὶ θεῶν ὃ βούλεται. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 11 4:1)
  • μηδέ νιν κέρδοσ ἰδὼν ἀθέῳ ποδὶ λὰξ ἀτίσῃσ· (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, antistrophe 32)
  • οὔποτε χείλεα μίξασ ἀνάγνοισ χείλεσιν ἁγνά, οὐδ’ ἀθέῳ παλάμῃ καθαρὰν χέρα μέχρισ ἐδωδῆσ, μῆτερ ἐμή· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 532)

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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