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ἀσθένεια

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσθένεια ἀσθενείας

Structure: ἀσθενει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: a)sqenh/s

Sense

  1. weakness
  2. sickness
  3. moral weakness, depravity

Declension

First 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

  • ἔχαιρον δ’ αὖ ὥσπερ ^ ἐκ ζοφεροῦ τινοσ ἀέροσ τοῦ βίου τοῦ πρόσθεν ἐσ αἰθρίαν τε καὶ μέγα φῶσ ἀναβλέπων ὥστε δή, τὸ καινότατον, τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ μὲν καὶ τῆσ περὶ αὐτὸν ἀσθενείασ ἐπελανθανόμην, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν ὀξυδερκέστεροσ κατὰ μικρὸν ἐγιγνόμην ἐλελήθειν γάρ τέωσ αὐτὴν τυφλώττουσαν περιφέρων. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 4:4)
  • δέδοικα μή σοι μεταξὺ δόξω γελοίωσ αὐτὰ μιμεῖσθαι, τὰ μὲν ἀτάκτωσ συνείρων, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν ὑπ’ ἀσθενείασ τὸν νοῦν διαφθείρων, κᾆτα ’προαχθῇσ ἠρέμα καὶ αὐτοῦ καταγνῶναι τοῦ δράματοσ. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 8:7)
  • ὑπὸ γὰρ ἀσθενείασ τε καὶ ἀτονίασ οὐδὲ ἐφικνεῖται τὰ βέλη αὐτοῖσ ἄχρι πρὸσ τὸν σκοπόν, ἀλλ’ ἐκλυθέντα καταπίπτει πολλάκισ ἐκ μέσησ τῆσ ὁδοῦ· (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 36:4)
  • συνεῖναι μὲν γὰρ εἰσ ὑπερβολὴν ὀξύσ ἐστι καὶ λεπτογνώμων, ὥσ φασιν οἱ ἄμεινον τὰ τῶν Στωϊκῶν εἰδότεσ, λέγων δὲ καὶ ἑρμηνεύων ὑπ’ ἀσθενείασ διαφθείρει αὐτὰ καὶ συγχεῖ, οὐκ ἀποσαφῶν ὅ τι βούλεται ἀλλὰ αἰνίγμασιν ἐοικότα προτείνων καὶ πάλιν αὖ πολὺ ἀσαφέστερα πρὸσ τὰσ ἐρωτήσεισ ἀποκρινόμενοσ· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 27:4)
  • καὶ μὴν θανεῖν γε συνέβη τῷ μὲν οὐ προαισθομένῳ, τῷ δὲ καὶ προσδεχομένῳ τὴν τελευτήν, ὧν τὸ μὲν ἐπιεικείασ, φίλοισ γὰρ ἐδόκει πιστεύειν, τὸ δὲ ἀσθενείασ, βουλόμενοσ γὰρ φυγεῖν συνελήφθη. (Plutarch, Comparison of Sertorius and Eumenes, chapter 2 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. weakness

  2. sickness

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