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

  • "καὶ γὰρ τὸ παρὸν ὡσ μικρὸν μᾶλλον δὲ μηδ’ ὁτιοῦν πρὸσ τὰ σύμπαν ἀτιμάσαντεσ ἀναπόλαυστον προϊένται, καὶ ὀλιγωροῦσιν ἀρετῆσ καὶ πράξεωσ οἱο͂ν ἐξαθυμοῦντεσ καὶ καταφρονοῦντεσ ἑαυτῶν, ὡσ ἐφημέρων καὶ ἀβεβαίων καὶ πρὸσ οὐθὲν ἀξιόλογον γεγονότων. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 272)
  • κακὸν οὐδ’ ἄξιον φέρειν βαρέωσ πραγμάτων σφαλερῶν καὶ ἀβεβαίων ἀπηλλαγμένον, ἅμα δὲ θαρρεῖν ἑαυτῷ καὶ τῇ διαθέσει παρακαλοῦντοσ, ἡδίων γενόμενοσ καὶ ἀναθαρρήσασ; (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 28 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. uncertain

  2. unstable

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Derived

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

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