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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

  • ὅσα μὲν οὖν ἐμψυχότατα τῶν ὀστῶν ἦν, ὀλιγίσταισ συνέφραττε σαρξίν, ἃ δ’ ἀψυχότατα ἐντόσ, πλείσταισ καὶ πυκνοτάταισ, καὶ δὴ κατὰ τὰσ συμβολὰσ τῶν ὀστῶν, ὅπῃ μήτινα ἀνάγκην ὁ λόγοσ ἀπέφαινεν δεῖν αὐτὰσ εἶναι, βραχεῖαν σάρκα ἔφυσεν, ἵνα μήτε ἐμποδὼν ταῖσ καμπαῖσιν οὖσαι δύσφορα τὰ σώματα ἀπεργάζοιντο, ἅτε δυσκίνητα γιγνόμενα, μήτ’ αὖ πολλαὶ καὶ πυκναὶ σφόδρα τε ἐν ἀλλήλαισ ἐμπεπιλημέναι, διὰ στερεότητα ἀναισθησίαν ἐμποιοῦσαι, δυσμνημονευτότερα καὶ κωφότερα τὰ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν ποιοῖεν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 374:1)

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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