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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

  • δηλώσομεν δὲ καὶ τοῦτο, ὡσ ἂν ἀβλαβέστατα μέν τισ ἑαυτῷ, τῷ δ’ ἵππῳ ὠφελιμώτατα <τὰ πρόσθεν> ψήχοι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 6 2:1)
  • ἐκ πλαγίου δ’ ἄν τισ προσιὼν ἀβλαβέστατα μὲν ἑαυτῷ, πλεῖστα δ’ ἂν ἵππῳ δύναιτο χρῆσθαι. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 6 4:3)

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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