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ἄψυχος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄψυχος ἄψυχη ἄψυχον

Structure: ἀψυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: yuxh/

Sense

  1. lifeless, inanimate
  2. non-animal
  3. spiritless, faint-hearted

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓ψυχος ἄψύχη ά̓ψυχον
Genitive ἀψύχου ἄψύχης ἀψύχου
Dative ἀψύχῳ ἄψύχῃ ἀψύχῳ
Accusative ά̓ψυχον ἄψύχην ά̓ψυχον
Vocative ά̓ψυχε ἄψύχη ά̓ψυχον
DualN/A/V ἀψύχω ἄψύχᾱ ἀψύχω
G/D ἀψύχοιν ἄψύχαιν ἀψύχοιν
PluralNominative ά̓ψυχοι ά̓́ψυχαι ά̓ψυχα
Genitive ἀψύχων ἄψυχῶν ἀψύχων
Dative ἀψύχοις ἄψύχαις ἀψύχοις
Accusative ἀψύχους ἄψύχᾱς ά̓ψυχα
Vocative ά̓ψυχοι ά̓́ψυχαι ά̓ψυχα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓ψυχος ἀψύχου ἀψυχότερος ἀψυχοτέρου ἀψυχότατος ἀψυχοτάτου
Adverb ἀψύχως ἀψυχότερον ἀψυχότατα

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

  • ἀψύχοισ γὰρ πεποιθότεσ εἰδώλοισ κακῶσ ὀμόσαντεσ, ἀδικηθῆναι οὐ προσδέχονται. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 14:29)
  • λέγω δὲ κτήματα μέν, οἱο͂ν καρποῖσ καὶ ἐσθῆτι ποία συμφέρει, καὶ τῶν καρπῶν ποία ξηροῖσ καὶ ποία ὑγροῖσ, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων κτημάτων ποία ἐμψύχοισ καὶ ποία ἀψύχοισ, καὶ δούλοισ καὶ ἐλευθέροισ, καὶ γυναιξὶ καὶ ἀνδράσι, καὶ ξένοισ καὶ ἀστοῖσ. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 42:2)
  • ὦ τᾶσ ἑπταφθόγγου μέλπων κιθάρασ ἐνοπάν, ἅτ’ ἀγραύλοισ κέρασιν ἐν ἀψύχοισ ἀχεῖ μουσᾶν ὕμνουσ εὐαχήτουσ, σοὶ μομφάν, ὦ Λατοῦσ παῖ, πρὸσ τάνδ’ αὐγὰν αὐδάσω. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 1:1)
  • "καὶ τὸ τοῦ τρίποδοσ, καὶ ὅσα τοιαῦτα, τοῖσ μὴ παντάπασιν ἀλόγοισ καὶ ἀψύχοισ ὑφειμένα δελεάζει καὶ παρακαλεῖ πρὸσ τὸ σκοπεῖν τι καὶ ἀκούειν καὶ διαλέγεσθαι περὶ αὐτῶν. (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 2 3:4)
  • οὐ γὰρ πάντων ἐρῶμεν οὐδὲ πᾶσι φθονοῦμεν οὐδὲ πάντασ φοβούμεθα, θυμῷ δ’ ἄθικτον οὐδὲν οὐδ’ ἀνεπιχείρητον ἀλλ’ ὀργιζόμεθα καὶ πολεμίοισ καὶ φίλοισ καὶ τέκνοισ καὶ γονεῦσι καὶ θεοῖσ νὴ Δία καὶ θηρίοισ καὶ ἀψύχοισ σκεύεσιν, ὡσ ὁ Θάμυρισ ῥηγνὺσ χρυσόδετον κέρασ, ῥηγνὺσ ἁρμονίαν χορδοτόνου λύρασ· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 5 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. lifeless

  2. non-animal

  3. spiritless

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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