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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

  • ’, ὥσπερ τῶν κενῶν ἀγγείων οὐκ ἂν διαγνοίησ τὸ ἀκέραιον καὶ πεπονηκόσ, ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἐγχέῃσ, φαίνεται τὸ ῥέον οὕτωσ; (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 7 2:2)
  • οὐ μὴ ἀφρονήσεθ’, οἳ κενῶν δοξασμάτων πλήρεισ πλανᾶσθε, τῇ δ’ ὁμιλίᾳ βροτοὺσ κρινεῖτε καὶ τοῖσ ἤθεσιν τοὺσ εὐγενεῖσ; (Euripides, episode 5:16)
  • ἀλλὰ θαρρῶμεν, ὦ φιλότησ, μέγα τῶν τοιούτων ἀλεξιφάρμακον ἔχοντεσ τὴν ἀλήθειαν καὶ τὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσι λόγον ὀρθόν, ᾧ χρωμένουσ ἡμᾶσ μηδὲν μὴ ’ ταράξῃ τῶν κενῶν καὶ ματαίων τούτων ψευσμάτων. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 32:5)
  • καλὸσ γὰρ ὁ τοιοῦτοσ ἔπαινοσ καὶ ὠφέλιμοσ καὶ διδάσκων τὰ χρήσιμα καὶ τὰ συμφέροντα θαυμάζειν καὶ ἀγαπᾶν ἀντὶ τῶν κενῶν καὶ περιττῶν. (Plutarch, De Se Ipsum Citra Invidiam Laudando, section 17 11:1)
  • νυνὶ δ’ ὁ μὲν βορέασ διὰ παρθενικῆσ ἁπαλόχροοσ οὐ διάησιν, ὥσ φησιν Ἡσίοδοσ, λῦπαι δὲ καὶ ταραχαὶ καὶ κακοθυμίαι διὰ ζηλοτυπίασ καὶ δεισιδαιμονίασ καὶ φιλοτιμίασ καὶ κενῶν δοξῶν, ὅσασ οὐκ ἂν εἴποι τισ, εἰσ τὴν γυναικωνῖτιν ὑπορρέουσιν. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 2 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. empty

  2. vain

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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