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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

  • ἄτροφοσ γὰρ γίνεται ὡσ τοῦ τρέφοντοσ αἴτιοσ. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 5, 8:1)
  • Διὰ τόδε φυσώδεεσ ἐσ τὴν γαστέρα, ἐρυγαὶ ξυνεχέεσ, κακώδεεσ, ἢν δὲ καὶ κάτω περήσωσι, τρύζει μὲν τὰ ἔντερα, φῦσαι δὲ διεξιᾶσι δασεῖαι, ὑγραὶ, ἀργιλώδεεσ · φαντασίαι δὲ ἐπ’ αὐτέοισι ὡσ διεκθέοντοσ ὑγροῦ· πόνοσ τῆσ κοιλίησ βαρὺσ, ὁκοῖον νύγμα, ἄλλοτε καὶ ἄλλοτε· ἰσχνὸσ δὲ καὶ ἄτροφοσ ὥνθρωποσ, ὠχρὸσ, ἀδρανήσ · οὐδέν τι πρῆξαι τῶν συνήθων εὔτονοσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 166)

Synonyms

  1. not fed

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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