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κενοφροσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κενοφροσύνη

Structure: κενοφροσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from keno/frwn

Sense

  1. emptiness of mind

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κενοφροσύνη κενοφροσύνᾱ κενοφροσύναι
Genitive κενοφροσύνης κενοφροσύναιν κενοφροσυνῶν
Dative κενοφροσύνῃ κενοφροσύναιν κενοφροσύναις
Accusative κενοφροσύνην κενοφροσύνᾱ κενοφροσύνᾱς
Vocative κενοφροσύνη κενοφροσύνᾱ κενοφροσύναι

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

  • ἔπειτα τὴν ἄλλην ἀλαζονείαν καὶ κενοφροσύνην τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου βαρυνόμενοσ ἠναγκάζετο φέρειν καὶ συνεξέπλευσεν ἐπὶ τοὺσ Φοίνικασ αὐτῷ, παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τὴν φύσιν ὑπείκων καὶ καρτερῶν, ἄχρι οὗ καιρὸν ἔλαβε. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 37 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. emptiness of mind

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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