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ἀδάπανος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: adapanos

Principal Part: ἀδάπανος ἀδάπανος ἀδάπανον

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

Etym.: δαπάνη

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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