Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀβέβαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀβέβαιος ἀβέβαιη ἀβέβαιον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + βεβαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. uncertain, unsteady
  2. unstable

Examples

  • "ἔστι δὲ τὸ μὲν δοξαστὸν ἀβέβαιον καὶ πλανητὸν ἐν πάθεσι πολλοῖσ καὶ μεταβολαῖσ τῷ φθίνειν καὶ αὔξεσθαι καὶ πρὸσ ἄλλον ἄλλωσ ἔχειν καὶ μηδ’ ἀεὶ πρὸσ τὸν αὐτὸν ὡσαύτωσ τῇ αἰσθήσει τοῦ νοητοῦ δ’ ἕτερον εἶδοσ, ἔστι γὰρ οὐλομελέσ τε καὶ ἀτρεμὲσ ἠδ’ ἀγένητον, ὡσ αὐτὸσ; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 1310)
  • πῦρ οὖν ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐγένετο τῷ νεανίσκῳ προσκείμενοσ ὁ Τηρίβαζοσ ἀεὶ καὶ λέγων ὡσ οὐδὲν ὀνίνησιν ἡ κίταρισ ἑστῶσα περὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ τοὺσ ὑφ’ αὑτῶν μὴ ζητοῦντασ ὀρθοῦσθαι τοῖσ πράγμασι, κἀκεῖνον ἀβέλτερα φρονεῖν, εἰ, τοῦ μὲν ἀδελφοῦ διὰ τῆσ γυναικωνίτιδοσ ἐνδυομένου τοῖσ πράγμασι, τοῦ δὲ πατρὸσ οὕτωσ ἔμπληκτον ἦθοσ καὶ ἀβέβαιον ἔχοντοσ, οἰέται βέβαιον αὐτῷ τὴν διαδοχὴν ὑπάρχειν. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 28 1:1)
  • "̔ Ἡμῖν μὲν γὰρ ὄντωσ τοῦ εἶναι μέτεστιν οὐδέν, ἀλλὰ πᾶσα θνητὴ φύσισ ἐν μέσῳ γενέσεωσ καὶ φθορᾶσ γενομένη φάσμα παρέχει καὶ δόκησιν ἀμυδρὰν καὶ ἀβέβαιον αὑτῆσ· (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 181)
  • κατηγορεῖται δ’ Ἀρετὴ μὲν ὡσ καλὸν μὲν ἀνωφελὲσ δέ, Τύχη δ’ ὡσ ἀβέβαιον μὲν ἀγαθὸν δέ· (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 13)
  • κατηγορεῖται δ’ Ἀρετὴ μὲν ὡσ καλὸν μὲν ἀνωφελὲσ δέ, Τύχη δ’ ὡσ ἀβέβαιον μὲν ἀγαθὸν δέ· (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 1 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. uncertain

  2. unstable

Related

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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