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ἀδάπανος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδάπανος ἀδάπανος ἀδάπανον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + δαπαν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dapa/nh

Sense

  1. gratuitous, free of charge

Examples

  • φειδωλία δ’ ἐστὶ καθ’ ἣν ἀδάπανοι γίνονται τῶν χρημάτων εἰσ τὸ δέον· (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 40:1)
  • ὃ βούλομαι γάρ, ἡδὺ καὶ διὰ στόμα πτηνοῖσι μύθοισ ἀδαπάνωσ τέρψαι φρένα. (Euripides, episode, anapests 5:10)
  • ἐν Ῥόδῳ δ’ ἐπίδειξιν ποιούμενοσ, ὡσ οὐδεὶσ ἐπεσημήνατο, καταλιπὼν τὸ θέατρον ἐξῆλθεν εἰπὼν ’ ὅπου τὸ ἀδάπανον οὐ ποιεῖτε, πῶσ ἐγὼ ἐλπίζω παρ’ ὑμῶν ἔρανον λήψεσθαι; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 42 2:2)
  • "πάντων κάλλιστοσ καὶ ἀδαπανώτατοσ ἀνδρὶ ὁ ἴδιοσ κόσμοσ. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 21)
  • "τῶν κόσμων ὁ φυσικὸσ καὶ ἀδάπανοσ οὗτόσ ἐστι. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 61)
  • "τῶν κόσμων ὁ φυσικὸσ καὶ ἀδάπανοσ οὗτόσ ἐστι. (Plutarch, Apophthegmata Laconica, , section 61)

Synonyms

  1. gratuitous

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