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ἀραιός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀραιός ἀραιά̄ ἀραιόν

Structure: ἀραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. thin, lean, narrow, slight, slender
  2. not dense, of loose texture, porous
  3. with intervals, intermittent
  4. infrequent, scanty, few and far between
  5. (feminine substantive) flank, belly

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀραιός ἀραιᾱ́ ἀραιόν
Genitive ἀραιοῦ ἀραιᾶς ἀραιοῦ
Dative ἀραιῷ ἀραιᾷ ἀραιῷ
Accusative ἀραιόν ἀραιᾱ́ν ἀραιόν
Vocative ἀραιέ ἀραιᾱ́ ἀραιόν
DualN/A/V ἀραιώ ἀραιᾱ́ ἀραιώ
G/D ἀραιοῖν ἀραιαῖν ἀραιοῖν
PluralNominative ἀραιοί ἀραιαί ἀραιά
Genitive ἀραιῶν ἀραιῶν ἀραιῶν
Dative ἀραιοῖς ἀραιαῖς ἀραιοῖς
Accusative ἀραιούς ἀραιᾱ́ς ἀραιά
Vocative ἀραιοί ἀραιαί ἀραιά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀραιός ἀραιοῦ ἀραιώτερος ἀραιωτεροῦ ἀραιώτατος ἀραιωτατοῦ
Adverb ἀραιώς ἀραιώτερον ἀραιώτατα

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

  • "ἀλλ’ ὅσ’ ἂν ῥυπανθῇ χρωμένων, ἐμβαλόντεσ εἰσ φλόγα λαμπρὰ καὶ διαφανῆ κομίζονται νῦν δ’ ἠφάνισται καὶ μόλισ οἱο͂ν ἶνεσ ἢ τρίχεσ ἀραιαὶ διατρέχουσιν ἐν τοῖσ μετάλλοισ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 439)
  • εὐρεῖαι δὲ φλέβεσ οὐ πλημμύρῃ τοῦ αἵματοσ, ἀλλὰ τῷ τοῦ δέρματοσ πάχεϊ· οὐκ ἐσ πολλὸν δὲ καὶ ἕδρα δήλη, τοῦ παντὸσ εἰσ ἶσον ὄχθον ἐγειρομένου· τρίχεσ ἐν μὲν τῷ παντὶ προτεθνήσκουσι, χερσὶ, μηροῖσι, κνήμῃσι, αὖθισ, ἥβῃ, γενείοισι ἀραιαὶ, ψεδναὶ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ κόμαι· τὸ δὲ μᾶλλον πρόωροι πολιοὶ καὶ φαλάκρωσισ ἀθρόη. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 374)
  • ἀγαθὸν μὲν γὰρ ὑγρασίη ἐξ αὐχμοῦ τῆσ νούσου καὶ ταλαιπωρίῃ τῆσ ἰήσιοσ· ἀραιαὶ δὲ καὶ μαλθακαὶ σάρκεσ Ῥηϊσταὶ πρὸσ ἄφεσιν τοῦ νοσήματοσ· ξηραὶ δὲ καὶ πυκναὶ τοῖσ μελαγχολῶσι αἱ σάρκεσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 201)
  • αἱ δὲ παραγωγαὶ ὥσπερ ὑπὸ κήρυκοσ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐνωμοτάρχου λόγῳ δηλοῦνται <καὶ> ἀραιαί τε καὶ βαθύτεραι αἱ φάλαγγεσ γίγνονται· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 11 7:3)
  • ὑπὸ δὲ κνῆμαι ῥώοντο ἀραιαί. (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 38:2)

Synonyms

  1. thin

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