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

  • ὕδωρ δ’ οὐ μόνον τὸ μιγνύμενον πρὸσ οἶνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ καθ’ ἑαυτὸ τοῦ κεκραμένου μεταξὺ πινόμενον ἀβλαβέστερον ποιεῖ τὸ κεκραμένον. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 19 3:1)
  • δυεῖν γὰρ ὄντων τρόπων πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποισ τῆσ ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον μεταθέσεωσ, τοῦ τε διὰ τῶν ἰδίων συμπτωμάτων καὶ τοῦ διὰ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων, ἐναργέστερον μὲν εἶναι συμβαίνει τὸν διὰ τῶν οἰκείων περιπετειῶν, ἀβλαβέστερον δὲ τὸν διὰ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 35 7:1)

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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