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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

  • εἶτ’ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἄλλοσ οἶκοσ οἴκων ἁπάντων κάλλιστοσ, στῆναί τε καὶ ἐγκαθίζεσθαι προσηνέστατοσ καὶ ἐμβραδῦναι ἀβλαβέστατοσ καὶ ἐγκυλίσασθαι ὠφελιμώτατοσ, Φρυγίου καὶ αὐτὸσ εἰσ ὀροφὴν ἄκραν ἀποστίλβων. (Lucian, (no name) 6:2)
  • ἀνθρώποισ δ’ ὡσ ἔποσ εἰπεῖν ἀβλαβέστατόσ ἐστιν, οὔτε καρπὸν ἀφανίζων οὔτε φυτὸν οὔτε ζῷον ἥμερον κακουργῶν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 93 2:2)
  • ἀνθρώποισ θ’ ὡσ ἔποσ εἰπεῖν ἀβλαβέστατόσ ἐστιν, οὔτε καρπὸν ἀφανίζων οὔτε φυτὸν οὐδὲ ζῷον ἥμερον κακουργῶν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 9312)

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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