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ἀδέσποτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδέσποτος ἀδέσποτος ἀδέσποτον

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

Etym.: despo/ths

Sense

  1. without master or owner, of property
  2. of freedmen
  3. of the gods

Examples

  • τάδε δὲ τὰ ξύμπαντα φάσκοντεσ ἀγνώμονα καὶ ἄφρονα καὶ ἀδέσποτα καὶ μηδένα ἔχοντα ἄρχοντα μηδὲ ταμίαν μηδὲ ἐπιστάτην πλανᾶσθαι εἰκῇ καὶ φέρεσθαι, μηδενὸσ μήτε νῦν προνοοῦντοσ μήτε πρότερον ἐργασαμένου τὸ πᾶν, μηδὲ ὥσπερ οἱ παῖδεσ τοὺσ τροχοὺσ αὐτοὶ κινήσαντεσ εἶτα ἐῶσιν ἀφ’ αὑτῶν φέρεσθαι. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 47:1)

Synonyms

  1. of the gods

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