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κενός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κενός κενή κενόν

Structure: κεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. empty
  2. vain, fruitless
  3. exhausted, void, destitute

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • καὶ διεῖλε τοὺσ τριακοσίουσ ἄνδρασ εἰσ τρεῖσ ἀρχὰσ καὶ ἔδωκε κερατίνασ ἐν χειρὶ πάντων καὶ ὑδρίασ κενὰσ καὶ λαμπάδασ ἐν ταῖσ ὑδρίαις (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 7:16)
  • χήρασ δὲ ἐξαπέστειλασ κενάσ, ὀρφανοὺσ δὲ ἐκάκωσασ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 22:9)
  • ὁ γὰρ μωρὸσ μωρὰ λαλήσει, καὶ ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ μάταια νοήσει τοῦ συντελεῖν ἄνομα καὶ λαλεῖν πρὸσ Κύριον πλάνησιν, τοῦ διασπεῖραι ψυχὰσ πεινώσασ καὶ τὰσ ψυχὰσ τὰσ διψώσασ κενὰσ ποιῆσαι. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 32:6)
  • ἢ τινὰσ σεαυτῇ, ὦ Μύρτιον, κενὰσ ζηλοτυπίασ σκιαμαχοῦσα ἐξεῦρεσ; (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:9)
  • ὑμῶν τὸ λοιπὸν ἔργον ἤδη ’νταῦθα τῶν μενόντων φλᾶν ταῦτα πάντα καὶ σποδεῖν, καὶ μὴ κενὰσ παρέλκειν. (Aristophanes, Peace, Exodus, lyric1)

Synonyms

  1. empty

  2. vain

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