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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

Examples

  • γενηθήτωσαν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ὀρφανοὶ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ χήρα. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 108:9)
  • ὀρφανοὶ ἐγενήθημεν, οὐχ ὑπάρχει πατήρ. μητέρεσ ἡμῶν ὡσ αἱ χῆραι. (Septuagint, Lamentationes 5:3)
  • ἔτι δὲ πρυτανεῖον καὶ ὀρφανοὶ καὶ δεσμωτῶν φύλακεσ· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 24 3:5)
  • καὶ γὰρ ὀρφανοὶ καὶ νέοι καὶ ὁποῖοί τινέσ εἰσιν ἀγνῶτεσ ἦσαν· (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 30:4)
  • τοὶ μὲν ὦν Θήβαισι τιμάεντεσ ἀρχᾶθεν λέγονται πρόξενοί τ’ ἀμφικτιόνων κελαδεννᾶσ τ’ ὀρφανοὶ ὕβριοσ· (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 4 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. childless

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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