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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 εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτήν. δεῦρο αἴτησαι σεαυτῇ σκεύη ἔξωθεν παρὰ πάντων τῶν γειτόνων σκεύη κενά, μὴ ὀλιγώσῃσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 4:3)
  • ΙΝΑΤΙ ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη, καὶ λαοὶ ἐμελέτησαν κενά̣ (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 2:1)
  • μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ, κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 15:31)
  • ἐν γαστρὶ δὲ λήψεται ὀδύνασ, ἀποβήσεται δὲ ἑαυτῷ κενά, ἡ δὲ κοιλία αὐτοῦ ὑποίσει δόλον. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 15:35)
  • εἰσ κενὰ καὶ μάταια ἐκοπίασε, πλοῦτον ἐξ οὗ οὐ γεύσεται, ὥσπερ στρίφνοσ ἀμάσητοσ, ἀκατάποτοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 20:18)

Synonyms

  1. empty

  2. vain

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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