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σαφής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σαφής σαφές

Structure: σαφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. clear, plain, distinct, manifest, the clear truth
  2. certus Apollo, sure, unerring
  3. plainly, distinctly, well, certainly, manifestly, manifest

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative σαφής σάφες
Genitive σαφούς σάφους
Dative σαφεί σάφει
Accusative σαφή σάφες
Vocative σαφές σάφες
DualN/A/V σαφεί σάφει
G/D σαφοίν σάφοιν
PluralNominative σαφείς σάφη
Genitive σαφών σάφων
Dative σαφέσιν* σάφεσιν*
Accusative σαφείς σάφη
Vocative σαφείς σάφη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective σαφής σαφούς σαφέστερος σαφεστέρου σαφέστατος σαφεστάτου
Adverb σαφέως σαφέστερον σαφέστατα

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

  • ἔστι γοῦν τοῦτο διὰ τῆσ Δαυὶδ τοῦ βασιλέωσ δίψησ σαφέστερον ἐπιλογίσασθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 3:6)
  • ἀναζητοῦντοσ γοῦν ἐμοῦ καὶ διαπυνθανομένου, πότε δὴ ἐπὶ τὰσ αἰγείρουσ ἀφιξόμεθα τὰσ τὸ ἤλεκτρον, ἐγέλων οἱ ναῦται καὶ ἠξίουν σαφέστερον λέγειν ὅ τι καὶ θέλοιμι· (Lucian, Electrum, (no name) 2:3)
  • πειρῶ δὴ σαφέστερον ἐρωτᾶν. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 1:4)
  • καὶ τὸ ὑπερθαυμάσαι τότε τὴν τέχνην τάχ̓ ἄν μοι καὶ νῦν πρὸσ τὸ σαφέστερον δηλῶσαι συναγωνίσαιτο. (Lucian, Zeuxis 6:5)
  • ἄθρησον αὐτὸ καὶ σαφέστερον μάθε. (Euripides, episode 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. clear

  2. plainly

Related

Similar forms

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

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