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ἄβουλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄβουλος ἄβουλη ἄβουλον

Structure: ἀβουλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: boulh/

Sense

  1. inconsiderate, ill-advised, taking no thought, inconsiderately

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ ἀβουλότατα μὲν ἐσ τὸ ἔργον ὁρμήσαντεσ, εὐψυχότατοι δὲ τὸ μέχρι πλείστου γενόμενοι, τότε, βλάπτοντοσ ἤδη τοῦ θεοῦ, τῷ στρατηγῷ σφῶν ἀπεκρίναντο ἀναξίωσ βουλεύεσθαι περὶ αὑτοῦ· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 17 2:2)
  • καίτοι γε ἐώθασι Ἕλληνεσ, ὡσ πυνθάνομαι, ἀβουλότατα πολέμουσ ἵστασθαι ὑπό τε ἀγνωμοσύνησ καὶ σκαιότητοσ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 9B 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. inconsiderate

Related

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

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