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ἄτροφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτροφος ἄτροφη ἄτροφον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + τροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. not fed, ill-fed

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓τροφος ἄτρόφη ά̓τροφον
Genitive ἀτρόφου ἄτρόφης ἀτρόφου
Dative ἀτρόφῳ ἄτρόφῃ ἀτρόφῳ
Accusative ά̓τροφον ἄτρόφην ά̓τροφον
Vocative ά̓τροφε ἄτρόφη ά̓τροφον
DualN/A/V ἀτρόφω ἄτρόφᾱ ἀτρόφω
G/D ἀτρόφοιν ἄτρόφαιν ἀτρόφοιν
PluralNominative ά̓τροφοι ά̓́τροφαι ά̓τροφα
Genitive ἀτρόφων ἄτροφῶν ἀτρόφων
Dative ἀτρόφοις ἄτρόφαις ἀτρόφοις
Accusative ἀτρόφους ἄτρόφᾱς ά̓τροφα
Vocative ά̓τροφοι ά̓́τροφαι ά̓τροφα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓τροφος ἀτρόφου ἀτροφώτερος ἀτροφωτέρου ἀτροφώτατος ἀτροφωτάτου
Adverb ἀτρόφως ἀτροφώτερον ἀτροφώτατα

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

  • Δίφιλοσ δὲ κοινῶσ φησιν εἶναι πάντα τὰ λάχανα ἄτροφα καὶ λεπτυντικὰ καὶ κακόχυλα ἔτι τε ἐπιπολαστικὰ καὶ δυσοικονόμητα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 81 2:2)
  • πάντα γὰρ τούτοισ ἐναργῶσ φαίνεται τὰ μόρια τοῦ σώματοσ ἄτροφα καὶ λεπτὰ καὶ πολλῆσ προσθήκησ τε καὶ ἀναθρέψεωσ δεόμενα. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 660)

Synonyms

  1. not fed

Related

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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