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κενότης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κενότης κενότες

Structure: κενοτη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: keno/s

Sense

  1. emptiness, vanity

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ διανοήματοσ εὐτέλεια καὶ ῥήματοσ κενότησ καὶ σχῆμα φορτικὸν καὶ πτόησισ μετὰ χαρᾶσ ἀπειροκάλου πρὸσ ἔπαινον καὶ ὅσα τοιαῦτα μᾶλλον ἀκροωμένοισ ἐφ’ ἑτέρων ἢ λέγουσιν ἐφ’ ἑαυτῶν καταφαίνεται. (Plutarch, De Recta Ratione Audiendi, chapter, section 6 3:2)
  • ἄγνοια δὲ καὶ ἀφροσύνη ἆρ’ οὐ κενότησ ἐστὶ γῆσ περὶ ψυχὴν αὖ ἕξεωσ; (Plato, Republic, book 9 368:1)

Synonyms

  1. emptiness

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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