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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

Examples

  • καὶ ὁ Ἄρησ ἀλκιμώτατοσ ὢν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀσθενεστάτου Ἡφαίστου συνεποδίσθη καὶ ὦφλεν αἰσχύνην καὶ ζηαίαν ἐκδοὺσ ἑαυτὸν ἔρωσιν ἀλογίστοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 35)
  • Ὄππιον δὲ ὁ υἱόσ, ὑπὸ γήρωσ ἀσθενεστάτου μένειν ἐθέλοντα, ἔφερεν ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματοσ, ἑώσ ἐξήγαγέ τε διὰ τῶν πυλῶν καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν μέχρι Σικελίασ ἄγων ἢ φέρων ἐκόμισεν, οὐδενὸσ ἄρα τὸ σχῆμα ὑπονοήσαντοσ ἢ ἐνυβρίσαντοσ, οἱο͂́ν που καὶ τὸν Αἰνείαν γράφουσιν αἰδέσιμον τοῖσ πολεμίοισ γενέσθαι φέροντα τὸν πατέρα. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 6 6:3)

Synonyms

  1. without strength

  2. sick

  3. insignificant

  4. poor

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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