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ἀσαφής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσαφής ἀσαφές

Structure: ἀσαφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

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

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀσαφής ά̓σαφες
Genitive ἀσαφούς ἀσάφους
Dative ἀσαφεί ἀσάφει
Accusative ἀσαφή ά̓σαφες
Vocative ἀσαφές ά̓σαφες
DualN/A/V ἀσαφεί ἀσάφει
G/D ἀσαφοίν ἀσάφοιν
PluralNominative 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

  • οὗτοσ ὁ χαρακτὴρ τῆσ ἀσαφοῦσ καὶ πεπλεγμένησ λέξεωσ, ἐν ᾗ πλείων ἔνεστι τῆσ θέλξεωσ ἡ σκοτίζουσα τὴν διάνοιαν ὄχλησισ, ἑώσ ἑκατὸν ἐκμηκύνεται στίχων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 331)
  • αἰνιγματώδουσ δὲ καὶ ἀσαφοῦσ τῆσ ἀποκρίσεωσ γενομένησ, ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν εἰ πρὸσ εὐτελῆ τινα πρᾶξιν αὐτοὺσ ἄγειν διανοεῖται. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 4 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. indistinct

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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