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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀφραδής (aphradḗs, “senseless”) (from ἀ- (a-) + φραδής (phradḗs)) + -ίη (-íē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pʰra.dí.ɛː/ → /a.ɸraˈði.i/ → /a.fraˈði.i/
Noun
ἀφρᾰδίη • (aphradíē) f (genitive ἀφρᾰδίης); first declension
- (Epic, chiefly in the plural) folly, thoughtlessness
- Synonym: ἀφροσύνη (aphrosúnē)
Declension
Further reading
- “ἀφραδίη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀφραδίη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀφραδίη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀφρᾰδία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀφραδίη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press