ὄρφνη
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὄρφνη
Structure:
ὀρφν
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- darkness of night, night
- darkness of the nether world
Declension
First 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.
- τὰ δ’ ἐντὸσ ὄρφνη καὶ χάοσ καὶ Αἵδησ ὀνομάζεται καὶ τὸ ἔρεβοσ τοῦτ’ ἦν ἄρα,’ τὸ χθόνιον καὶ ἔγγαιον σκότοσ. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 17 11:2)
- ὄρφνη γὰρ τέταται, πρὸ δὲ τοῦ μέλλοντοσ ἔσεσθαι οὐ ξυνετὰ θνητοῖσ πείρατ’ ἀμηχανίησ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389605)
- ὄρφνη καὶ σκότοσ ἐστὶν ἀλάμπετον ἢν δέ σε μύστησ εἰσαγάγῃ, φανεροῦ λαμπρότερ’ ἠελίου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5403)
- εἰσ τὸν Μάρκον οὐ κατ’ ἐπωνυμίην Αἰγύπτιον ἔλλαχε λαὸν ὄρφνη, ἐπεὶ φωνῆσ Μάρκου ἔδεκτο φάοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 851)
- ἐν ὄρφνῃ δραπέτησ μέγα σθένει. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode9)
- πῶσ οὖν ἐν ὄρφνῃ πολεμίων ἀνὰ στρατὸν ζητῶν δυνήσῃ τούσδ’ ἀκινδύνωσ κτανεῖν; (Euripides, Rhesus, episode22)
- ἡμεῖσ, ἐν ὄρφνῃ σπαργανώσαντεσ πέπλοισ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 3:38)
- πυρὶ δὲ καὶ σκότει φοβερῷ καὶ ὄρφνῃ καὶ ξίφεσι βαρβάροισ καὶ μιαιφόνοισ θυμοῖσ κρατουμένων πάντων, εὐτελῆ καὶ ἄλογα καὶ ἄτολμα θρέμματα σωτηρίασ ἀρχὴν παρέσχε καὶ τοὺσ μεγάλουσ ἐκείνουσ ἀριστεῖσ καὶ ἡγεμόνασ Μαλλίουσ καὶ Σερουιλίουσ καὶ Ποστουμίουσ καὶ Παπιρίουσ, τῶν αὖθισ οἴκων γενάρχασ, παρ’ οὐδὲν ἥκοντασ ἀπολέσθαι, χῆνεσ ἀνέστησαν ὑπὲρ τοῦ πατρίου θεοῦ καὶ τῆσ πατρίδοσ ἀμύνεσθαι. (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 12 7:1)
Synonyms
-
darkness of night
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- δῶμα (the nether world)
- ζόφος (the gloom of the world below, nether darkness, gloom)
