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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄφρων (áphrōn) + -σύνη (-súnē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pʰro.sý.nɛː/ → /a.ɸroˈsy.ni/ → /a.froˈsi.ni/
Noun
ἀφροσύνη • (aphrosúnē) f (genitive ἀφροσύνης); first declension
- folly, thoughtlessness, meaninglessness
- Synonym: ἀφραδίη (aphradíē)
Inflection
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, 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.