COMPOUND: ἄφρων, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [α+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘senseless, silly, foolish’
ETYMOLOGY: ἀ- privativum + noun root φρον- (φρήν, φρενός) ‘midriff, heart, mind’ + adj. suf. -ων, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Il. V, 761, 875; XI, 389; XXIV, 157, 186; Od. XX, 227; XXI, 105; XXIII, 12.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg., dat. m. sg., acc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrīhi
NOTES: ἀ- privativum is not a free word in Greek