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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
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative κενός κενή κενόν
Genitive κενοῦ κενῆς κενοῦ
Dative κενῷ κενῇ κενῷ
Accusative κενόν κενήν κενόν
Vocative κενέ κενή κενόν
DualN/A/V κενώ κενᾱ́ κενώ
G/D κενοῖν κεναῖν κενοῖν
PluralNominative κενοί κεναί κενά
Genitive κενῶν κενῶν κενῶν
Dative κενοῖς κεναῖς κενοῖς
Accusative κενούς κενᾱ́ς κενά
Vocative κενοί κεναί κενά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective κενός κενοῦ κενώτερος κενωτεροῦ κενώτατος κενωτατοῦ
Adverb κενώς κενώτερον κενώτατα

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

  • εἰ μὴ ὁ Θεὸσ τοῦ πατρόσ μου Ἁβραὰμ καὶ ὁ φόβοσ Ἰσαὰκ ἦν μοι, νῦν ἂν κενόν με ἐξαπέστειλασ. τὴν ταπείνωσίν μου καὶ τὸν κόπον τῶν χειρῶν μου εἶδεν ὁ Θεὸσ καὶ ἤλεγξέ σε ἐχθέσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:42)
  • καὶ ἔσται εἰσ κενὸν ἡ ἰσχὺσ ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐ δώσει ἡ γῆ ὑμῶν τὸν σπόρον αὐτῆσ, καὶ τὸ ξύλον τοῦ ἀγροῦ ὑμῶν οὐ δώσει τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 26:20)
  • ὅταν δὲ ἐξαποστέλλῃσ αὐτὸν ἐλεύθερον ἀπὸ σοῦ, οὐκ ἐξαποστελεῖσ αὐτὸν κενόν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 15:13)
  • ἀφ̓ αἵματοσ τραυματιῶν καὶ ἀπὸ στέατοσ δυνατῶν τόξον Ἰωνάθαν οὐκ ἀπεστράφη κενὸν εἰσ τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ ρομφαία Σαοὺλ οὐκ ἀνέκαμψε κενή. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 1:22)
  • β ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἠφάνισταί σου τὸ μνημόσυνον ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ, υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρεσ, ἐμῆσ κοιλίασ ὠδῖνεσ καὶ πόνοι, οὓσ εἰσ τὸ κενὸν ἐκοπίασα μετὰ μόχθων. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 2:11)

Synonyms

  1. empty

  2. vain

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