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ἀσαφής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσαφής ἀσαφές

Structure: ἀσαφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

indistinct, dim, faint, dim, obscure, less distinctly, obscurely, without knowing

Declension

Third declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἀσαφής	ά̓σαφες
	Genitive	ἀσαφούς	ἀσάφους
	Dative	ἀσαφεί	ἀσάφει
	Accusative	ἀσαφή	ά̓σαφες
	Vocative	ἀσαφές	ά̓σαφες
Dual	N/A/V	ἀσαφεί	ἀσάφει
Dual	G/D	ἀσαφοίν	ἀσάφοιν
Plural	Nominative	ἀσαφείς	ἀσάφη
	Genitive	ἀσαφών	ἀσάφων
	Dative	ἀσαφέσιν*	ἀσάφεσιν*
	Accusative	ἀσαφείς	ἀσάφη
	Vocative	ἀσαφείς	ἀσάφη

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἀσαφής ἀσαφούς	ἀσαφέστερος ἀσαφεστέρου	ἀσαφέστατος ἀσαφεστάτου
Adverb	ἀσαφέως	ἀσαφέστερον	ἀσαφέστατα

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

εἰαρινῷ χειμῶνι πανείκελοσ, ὦ Διόδωρε, οὑμὸσ ἔρωσ, ἀσαφεῖ κρινόμενοσ πελάγει· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1561)
ἴδωμεν ῥᾳστώνησ τε πέρι καὶ χαλεπότητοσ πρὸσ τὸ τοῖσ ὁρῶσιν δοκεῖν ἀποχρώντωσ μεμιμῆσθαι, καὶ κατοψόμεθα ὅτι γῆν μὲν καὶ ὄρη καὶ ποταμοὺσ καὶ ὕλην οὐρανόν τε σύμπαντα καὶ τὰ περὶ αὐτὸν ὄντα καὶ ἰόντα πρῶτον μὲν ἀγαπῶμεν ἄν τίσ τι καὶ βραχὺ πρὸσ ὁμοιότητα αὐτῶν ἀπομιμεῖσθαι δυνατὸσ ᾖ, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ, ἅτε οὐδὲν εἰδότεσ ἀκριβὲσ περὶ τῶν τοιούτων, οὔτε ἐξετάζομεν οὔτε ἐλέγχομεν τὰ γεγραμμένα, σκιαγραφίᾳ δὲ ἀσαφεῖ καὶ ἀπατηλῷ χρώμεθα περὶ αὐτά· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 8:1)
τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ἐν ἀσαφεῖ κείσθω. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 5 31:11)

Synonyms

indistinct
- ἀμυδρός (indistinct, dim, obscure)
- ἀφεγγής (obscure, dim, faint)

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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Sense

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indistinct

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