Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀβλαβής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀβλαβής ἀβλαβές

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + βλαβη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: bla/bh

Sense

  1. without harm
  2. unharmed, unhurt, secure
  3. not harming, harmless, innocent
  4. averting or preventing harm
  5. without doing harm

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ᾤοντο καλῶσ ἔχειν οὔτε σώμασιν οὔτε ψυχαῖσ ὑπούλοισ καὶ νοσώδεσι θεραπεύειν τὸ καθαρὸν καὶ ἀβλαβὲσ πάντῃ καὶ ἀμίαντον. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 79 2:3)
  • ἢν γὰρ καί τι δάκῃσ, τὸ μὲν ἀβλαβὲσ εὐθὺσ ἔθηκασ, διπλάσιον δ’ ὤνασασ, ἔχων δ’ ἐπίμετρον ἀπῆνθον. (Theocritus, Idylls, 13)
  • καθαρῷ δὲ πυρώσατε δῶμα θεείῳ πρᾶτον, ἔπειτα δ’ ἅλεσσι μεμιγμένον, ὡσ νενόμισται, θαλλῷ ἐπιρραίνειν ἐστεμμένῳ ἀβλαβὲσ ὕδωρ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 56)
  • εἰ δέ γε καί, καθάπερ τὰσ τέχνασ πάσασ ἀβλαβέσ τε καὶ ὠφέλιμον ἦν ἐπίστασθαι διὰ βίου, καὶ νῦν δὴ ταὐτὰ λέγομεν περὶ τῶν ἡδονῶν, εἴπερ πάσασ ἡδονὰσ ἥδεσθαι διὰ βίου συμφέρον τε ἡμῖν ἐστι καὶ ἀβλαβὲσ ἅπασι, πάσασ συγκρατέον. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 314:1)

Synonyms

  1. without harm

  2. unharmed

  3. not harming

  4. without doing harm

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

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