kenós

kenós κενός leeres

From Proto-Hellenic *kenwós, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-. Cognates with Old Armenian սին (sin, “vain, trifling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.nós/ → /ceˈnos/ → /ceˈnos/

Adjective

κενός • (kenós) m (feminine κενή, neuter κενόν); first/second declension

1. empty

   Antonyms: μεστός (mestós), πλήρης (plḗrēs)

2. vain, fruitless
3. exhausted, void, destitute