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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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ αὐτοῖσι τοῦτο ἔστι μὲν ὅτε πρόσ τινασ τῶν καμνόντων ἤρκεσε καὶ φανερὸν ἐγένετο ὠφελῆσαν, οὐ μέντοι πᾶσί γε, ἀλλ’ ἦσάν τινεσ οὕτωσ ἔχοντεσ, ὡσ μὴ ὀλίγων σιτίων δύνασθαι ἐπικρατεῖν, ἀσθενεστέρου δὲ δή τινοσ οἱ τοιοίδε ἐδόκεον δεῖσθαι, εὑρ͂ον τὰ Ῥυφήματα μίξαντεσ ὀλίγα τῶν ἰσχυρῶν πολλῷ τῷ ὕδατι καὶ ἀφαιρεόμενοι τὸ ἰσχυρὸν τῇ κρήσει τε καὶ ἑψήσει. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , v.5)
  • καὶ κατήρειψέ τι τοῦ μηνοειδοῦσ, ὑγροτέρου καὶ ἀσθενεστέρου ἔτι ὄντοσ ἅτε νεοδμήτου. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 6 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. without strength

  2. sick

  3. insignificant

  4. poor

Similar forms

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