Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄβιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄβιος ἄβιη ἄβιον

Structure: ἀβι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. without a living, starving
  2. simple in life

Examples

  • λέγω δὲ ὃσ ἂν ἑαυτὸν κτείνῃ, τὴν τῆσ εἱμαρμένησ βίᾳ ἀποστερῶν μοῖραν, μήτε πόλεωσ ταξάσησ δίκῃ, μήτε περιωδύνῳ ἀφύκτῳ προσπεσούσῃ τύχῃ ἀναγκασθείσ, μηδὲ αἰσχύνησ τινὸσ ἀπόρου καὶ ἀβίου μεταλαχών, ἀργίᾳ δὲ καὶ ἀνανδρίασ δειλίᾳ ἑαυτῷ δίκην ἄδικον ἐπιθῇ. (Plato, Laws, book 9 128:2)
  • καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Ροβοὰμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ θάπτεται μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀβιοὺ ὁ υἱὸσ αὐτοῦ ἀντ̓ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 14:12)
  • ΚΑΙ ἐν τῷ ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει βασιλεύοντοσ Ἱεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, βασιλεύει Ἀβιοὺ υἱὸσ Ροβοὰμ ἐπὶ Ἰούδαν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 15:1)
  • καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ἀβιοὺ τὰ πάντα, ἃ ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖσ βασιλεῦσιν Ἰούδα̣ καὶ πόλεμοσ ἦν ἀνὰ μέσον Ἀβιοὺ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Ἱεροβοάμ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 15:6)
  • καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Ἀβιοὺ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ εἰκοστῷ καὶ τετάρτῳ ἔτει τοῦ Ἱεροβοὰμ καὶ θάπτεται μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυίδ, καὶ βασιλεύει Ἀσὰ υἱὸσ αὐτοῦ ἀντ̓ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 15:7)

Synonyms

  1. without a living

  2. simple in life

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION