κενός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kenwós, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-. Cognates with Old Armenian սին (sin, “vain, trifling”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /keˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ceˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ceˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ceˈnos/
Adjective
κενός • (kenós) m (feminine κενή, neuter κενόν); first/second declension
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | κενός kenós |
κενή kenḗ |
κενόν kenón |
κενώ kenṓ |
κενᾱ́ kenā́ |
κενώ kenṓ |
κενοί kenoí |
κεναί kenaí |
κενᾰ́ kená | |||||
Genitive | κενοῦ kenoû |
κενῆς kenês |
κενοῦ kenoû |
κενοῖν kenoîn |
κεναῖν kenaîn |
κενοῖν kenoîn |
κενῶν kenôn |
κενῶν kenôn |
κενῶν kenôn | |||||
Dative | κενῷ kenôi |
κενῇ kenêi |
κενῷ kenôi |
κενοῖν kenoîn |
κεναῖν kenaîn |
κενοῖν kenoîn |
κενοῖς kenoîs |
κεναῖς kenaîs |
κενοῖς kenoîs | |||||
Accusative | κενόν kenón |
κενήν kenḗn |
κενόν kenón |
κενώ kenṓ |
κενᾱ́ kenā́ |
κενώ kenṓ |
κενούς kenoús |
κενᾱ́ς kenā́s |
κενᾰ́ kená | |||||
Vocative | κενέ kené |
κενή kenḗ |
κενόν kenón |
κενώ kenṓ |
κενᾱ́ kenā́ |
κενώ kenṓ |
κενοί kenoí |
κεναί kenaí |
κενᾰ́ kená | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κενῶς kenôs |
κενώτερος kenṓteros |
κενώτᾰτος kenṓtatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Descendants
- Greek: κενός (kenós)
Further reading
- “κενός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κενός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κενός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κενός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- κενός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G2756 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.
- aimless idem, page 21.
- airy idem, page 21.
- bare idem, page 62.
- barren idem, page 63.
- baseless idem, page 64.
- bereft idem, page 74.
- blank idem, page 81.
- causeless idem, page 119.
- delusive idem, page 209.
- denude idem, page 211.
- deprive idem, page 213.
- devoid of idem, page 220.
- empty idem, page 269.
- empty-handed idem, page 269.
- flimsy idem, page 328.
- frothy idem, page 347.
- fruitless idem, page 348.
- futile idem, page 351.
- groundless idem, page 375.
- hollow idem, page 403.
- idle idem, page 413.
- illusive idem, page 416.
- inane idem, page 427.
- ineffective idem, page 435.
- purposeless idem, page 659.
- random idem, page 670.
- shadowy idem, page 760.
- sterile idem, page 816.
- unavailing idem, page 907.
- unfounded idem, page 919.
- unfruitful idem, page 919.
- ungrounded idem, page 920.
- unmeaning idem, page 925.
- unnecessary idem, page 926.
- unprofitable idem, page 928.
- unsubstantial idem, page 933.
- untenanted idem, page 934.
- useless idem, page 940.
- vacant idem, page 941.
- vain idem, page 942.
- void idem, page 956.
- waste idem, page 965.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
κενός • (kenós) m (feminine κενή, neuter κενό)
Declension
Declension of κενός
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | κενός • | κενή • | κενό • | κενοί • | κενές • | κενά • |
genitive | κενού • | κενής • | κενού • | κενών • | κενών • | κενών • |
accusative | κενό • | κενή • | κενό • | κενούς • | κενές • | κενά • |
vocative | κενέ • | κενή • | κενό • | κενοί • | κενές • | κενά • |
derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο κενός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο κενός, etc.) |
Synonyms
- άδειος (ádeios)
Further reading
- κενός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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