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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

  • βαρυνέσθω τὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων τούτων, καὶ μεριμνάτωσαν ταῦτα καὶ μὴ μεριμνάτωσαν ἐν λόγοισ κενοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 5:9)
  • σὺ τοὺσ κατὰ τὴν Βαβυλωνίαν τρεῖσ ἑταίρουσ, πυρὶ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐθαιρέτωσ δεδωκότασ εἰσ τὸ μὴ λατρεῦσαι τοῖσ κενοῖσ, διάπυρον δροσίσασ κάμινον ἐρρύσω μέχρι τριχὸσ ἀπημάντουσ, φλόγα πᾶσιν ἐπιπέμψασ τοῖσ ὑπεναντίοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 6:6)
  • εἰ βρωθήσεται ἄρτοσ ἄνευ ἁλόσ̣ εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔστι γεῦμα ἐν ρήμασι κενοῖσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 6:6)
  • ἰδοὺ πάντεσ οἴδατε ὅτι κενὰ κενοῖσ ἐπιβάλλετε. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 27:12)
  • εἰ βουλήμασι κενοῖσ ἑαυτοὺσ εὐφραίνομεν καὶ θανατηφόρον ἀπείθειαν τολμῶμεν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 8:18)

Synonyms

  1. empty

  2. vain

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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