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ἄθηρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄθηρος

Structure: ἀθηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qh/r

Sense

  1. without wild beasts or game, absence of game

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓θηρος ά̓θηρον
Genitive ἀθήρου ἀθήρου
Dative ἀθήρῳ ἀθήρῳ
Accusative ά̓θηρον ά̓θηρον
Vocative ά̓θηρε ά̓θηρον
DualN/A/V ἀθήρω ἀθήρω
G/D ἀθήροιν ἀθήροιν
PluralNominative ά̓θηροι ά̓θηρα
Genitive ἀθήρων ἀθήρων
Dative ἀθήροις ἀθήροις
Accusative ἀθήρους ά̓θηρα
Vocative ά̓θηροι ά̓θηρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓θηρος ἀθήρου ἀθηρότερος ἀθηροτέρου ἀθηρότατος ἀθηροτάτου
Adverb ἀθήρως ἀθηρότερον ἀθηρότατα

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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ χώραν μὲν ἄθηρον ὥσπερ ἱστοροῦσι τὴν Κρήτην εὑρεῖν ἔστι, πολιτεία δὲ μήτε φθόνον ἐνηνοχυῖα μήτε ζῆλον φιλονεικίαν, ἔχθρασ γονιμώτατα πάθη, μέχρι νῦν οὐ γέγονεν ἀλλ’ εἰ μηδὲν ἄλλο, ταῖσ ἔχθραισ αἱ φιλίαι συμπλέκουσιν ἡμᾶσ· (Plutarch, De capienda ex inimicis utilitate, chapter, section 1 1:2)
  • ἀγαθὴ γὰρ ἡ γαλήνη λοχεῦσαι καὶ τὸ ἄθηρον ἅμα ταῖσ λίμναισ ἔνεστι καὶ ποταμοῖσ, ὥστε σῴζεσθαι τὰ τικτόμενα. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 32 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. without wild beasts or game

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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