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ἀθεότης

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀθεότης ἀθεότητος

Structure: ἀθεοτητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. godlessness

Declension

Third 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.

Examples

  • "οἱ γὰρ τούτων καταφρονοῦντεσ ὡσ μύθων καὶ περὶ γαστέρα τἀγαθὸν ἡγούμενοι καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ πόρουσ δι’ ὧν ἡδονὴ παραγίνεται, νόμου δέονται καὶ φόβου καὶ πληγῆσ καὶ βασιλέωσ τινὸσ καὶ ἄρχοντοσ ἐν χειρὶ τὴν δίκην ἔχοντοσ, ἵνα μὴ τοὺσ πλησίον κατεσθίωσιν ὑπὸ λαιμαργίασ ἀθεότητι θρασυνομένησ. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 30 1:6)
  • ὅτι δὲ ὁ ποιητήσ ἐστι καὶ οὐχ ἕτεροσ, σαφῶσ αὑτὸσ ὢν σημαίνεται ι ἐκ τοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ ἀθεότητι κωμῳδούμενον ἐμφανίζεσθαι καὶ διὰ τοῦ λόγου τοιοῦτον δείκνυσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 764)
  • καὶ μὴν ὁ ἄθεοσ δεισιδαιμονίασ οὐδαμῆ συναίτιοσ , ἡ δὲ δεισιδαιμονία τῇ ἀθεότητι καὶ γενέσθαι παρέσχεν ἀρχὴν καὶ γενομένῃ δίδωσιν ἀπολογίαν, οὐκ ἀληθῆ μὲν οὐδὲ καλήν, προφάσεωσ δέ τινοσ οὐκ ἄμοιρον οὖσαν. (Plutarch, De superstitione, section 12 1:1)
  • νῦν δὲ ἤ πού τισ δαίμων ἤ τισ ἀλιτήριοσ ἐμπεσὼν ἀνομίᾳ καὶ ἀθεότητι καὶ τὸ μέγιστον τόλμαισ ἀμαθίασ, ἐξ ἧσ πάντα κακὰ πᾶσιν ἐρρίζωται καὶ βλαστάνει καὶ εἰσ ὕστερον ἀποτελεῖ καρπὸν τοῖσ γεννήσασιν πικρότατον, αὕτη πάντα τὸ δεύτερον ἀνέτρεψέν τε καὶ ἀπώλεσεν. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 84:1)

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