ἀφροσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄφρων (áphrōn) +‎ -σύνη (-súnē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pʰro.sý.nɛː/ → /a.ɸroˈsy.ni/ → /a.froˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pʰro.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.pʰroˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɸroˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.froˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.froˈsi.ni/

Noun

ἀφροσύνη • (aphrosúnē) f (genitive ἀφροσύνης); first declension

1. folly, thoughtlessness, meaninglessness

   Synonym: ἀφραδίη (aphradíē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀφροσύνη; τῆς ἀφροσύνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀφροσύνη hē aphrosúnē	τὼ ἀφροσύνᾱ tṑ aphrosúnā	αἱ ἀφροσύναι hai aphrosúnai
Genitive	τῆς ἀφροσύνης tês aphrosúnēs	τοῖν ἀφροσύναιν toîn aphrosúnain	τῶν ἀφροσυνῶν tôn aphrosunôn
Dative	τῇ ἀφροσύνῃ têi aphrosúnēi	τοῖν ἀφροσύναιν toîn aphrosúnain	ταῖς ἀφροσύναις taîs aphrosúnais
Accusative	τὴν ἀφροσύνην tḕn aphrosúnēn	τὼ ἀφροσύνᾱ tṑ aphrosúnā	τᾱ̀ς ἀφροσύνᾱς tā̀s aphrosúnās
Vocative	ἀφροσύνη aphrosúnē	ἀφροσύνᾱ aphrosúnā	ἀφροσύναι aphrosúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀφροσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀφροσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀφροσύνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀφροσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀφροσύνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀφροσύνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G877 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • craziness idem, page 182.
  • folly idem, page 332.
  • giddiness idem, page 359.
  • idiocy idem, page 413.
  • imbecility idem, page 417.
  • imprudence idem, page 425.
  • injudiciousness idem, page 441.
  • lunacy idem, page 504.
  • rashness idem, page 673.
  • recklessness idem, page 679.
  • senselessness idem, page 753.
  • silliness idem, page 776.
  • stupidity idem, page 830.
  • temerity idem, page 859.
  • unwisdom idem, page 937.
  • vanity idem, page 943.
  • witlessness idem, page 985.