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ὀρφανός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρφανός

Structure: ὀρφαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. left orphan, without parents
  2. childless
  3. destitute, bereft

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ὀρφανός ὀρφανή ό̓ρφανον
Genitive ὀρφανοῦ ὀρφανῆς ὀρφάνου
Dative ὀρφανῷ ὀρφανῇ ὀρφάνῳ
Accusative ὀρφανόν ὀρφανήν ό̓ρφανον
Vocative ὀρφανέ ὀρφανή ό̓ρφανον
DualN/A/V ὀρφανώ ὀρφανᾱ́ ὀρφάνω
G/D ὀρφανοῖν ὀρφαναῖν ὀρφάνοιν
PluralNominative ὀρφανοί ὀρφαναί ό̓ρφανα
Genitive ὀρφανῶν ὀρφανῶν ὀρφάνων
Dative ὀρφανοῖς ὀρφαναῖς ὀρφάνοις
Accusative ὀρφανούς ὀρφανᾱ́ς ό̓ρφανα
Vocative ὀρφανοί ὀρφαναί ό̓ρφανα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀρφανός ὀρφανοῦ ὀρφανώτερος ὀρφανωτεροῦ ὀρφανώτατος ὀρφανωτατοῦ
Adverb ὀρφάνως ὀρφανώτερον ὀρφανώτατα

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

  • λέγεται δέ Φίλιπποσ ἐν θρᾴκῃ τῇ Ὀλυμπιάδι συμμυηθείσ αὐτόσ τε μειράκιον ὢν ἔτι κἀκείνησ παιδὸσ ὀρφανῆσ γονέων ἐρασθῆναι καὶ τὸν γάμον οὕτωσ ἁρμόσαι, πείσασ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτῆσ Ἀρύμβαν. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 2 1:2)
  • ἐλθούσησ δὲ παιδὸσ ἔτι μικρᾶσ ὀρφανῆσ γονέων καὶ προσλιπαρούσησ, ἐρράπισεν αὐτὴν ὑποδήματι καὶ τῷ προσώπῳ τὸ ὑπόδημα προσέρριψεν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 12 2:5)
  • ἐλθούσησ δὲ παιδὸσ ἔτι μικρᾶσ ὀρφανῆσ γονέων καὶ προσλιπαρούσησ, ἐρράπισεν αὐτὴν ὑποδήματι καὶ τῷ προσώπῳ τὸ ὑπόδημα προσέρριψεν ἡ δέ, πενιχρά τισ οὖσα καὶ ἔρημοσ οὐκ ἀγεννὴσ δὲ τὸ ἦθοσ, ἐκποδὼν γενομένη καὶ λύσασα τὴν ζώνην ἀνήρτησεν ἑαυτήν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 12 6:3)
  • γένοιο γὰρ ἂν οὕτω πατὴρ τῆσ ὀρφανῆσ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 784:2)

Synonyms

  1. childless

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