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ἀσθενής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσθενής ἀσθενές

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + σθενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: sqe/nos

Sense

  1. without strength, weak
  2. feeble, sickly
  3. sick, ill
  4. insignificant
  5. poor

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀσθενής ά̓σθενες
Genitive ἀσθενούς ἀσθένους
Dative ἀσθενεί ἀσθένει
Accusative ἀσθενή ά̓σθενες
Vocative ἀσθενές ά̓σθενες
DualN/A/V ἀσθενεί ἀσθένει
G/D ἀσθενοίν ἀσθένοιν
PluralNominative ἀσθενείς ἀσθένη
Genitive ἀσθενών ἀσθένων
Dative ἀσθενέσιν* ἀσθένεσιν*
Accusative ἀσθενείς ἀσθένη
Vocative ἀσθενείς ἀσθένη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀσθενής ἀσθενούς ἀσθενέστερος ἀσθενεστέρου ἀσθενέστατος ἀσθενεστάτου
Adverb ἀσθενέως ἀσθενέστερον ἀσθενέστατα

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

  • οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ Λείασ ἀσθενεῖσ, Ραχὴλ δὲ ἦν καλὴ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ὡραία τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:17)
  • ἵνα μὴ πιόντεσ ἐπιλάθωνται τῆσ σοφίασ καὶ ὀρθὰ κρῖναι οὐ μὴ δύνωνται τοὺσ ἀσθενεῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:73)
  • οὔκουν ὁρᾷσ ὁρμωμένουσ ἡμᾶσ πάλαι προθύμωσ, ὡσ εἰκόσ ἐστιν ἀσθενεῖσ γέροντασ ἄνδρασ ἤδη; (Aristophanes, Plutus, Parodos2)
  • χρόνον δὲ μηκύνωμεν ὄντεσ ἀσθενεῖσ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 3:17)
  • ὅθεν τὸ σφόδρα φιλεῖν καὶ φιλεῖσθαι πρὸσ πολλοὺσ οὐκ ἔστιν, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ οἱ ποταμοὶ πολλὰσ σχίσεισ καὶ κατατομὰσ λαμβάνοντεσ ἀσθενεῖσ καὶ λεπτοὶ ῥέουσιν, οὕτω τὸ φιλεῖν ἐν ψυχῇ σφοδρὸν πεφυκὸσ εἰσ πολλοὺσ μεριζόμενον ἐξαμαυροῦται. (Plutarch, De amicorum multitudine, chapter, section 2 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. without strength

  2. sick

  3. insignificant

  4. poor

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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