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ἀδιάφθαρτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδιάφθαρτος ἀδιάφθαρτη ἀδιάφθαρτον

Structure: ἀδιαφθαρτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: diafqei/rw, a)dia/fqoros I, Plat.

Sense

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ ἀδιάφθαρτοι, πρεσβύτεροι ἤδη ἄνδρεσ, οἱ τούτων προσήκοντεσ, τίνα ἄλλον ἔχουσι λόγον βοηθοῦντεσ ἐμοὶ ἀλλ’ ἢ τὸν ὀρθόν τε καὶ δίκαιον, ὅτι συνίσασι Μελήτῳ μὲν ψευδομένῳ, ἐμοὶ δὲ ἀληθεύοντι; (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 166:2)
  • εἰσὶ γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ πολλοῖσ ἄνθρωποι ἀεὶ θεῖοί τινεσ ‐ οὐ πολλοί ‐ παντὸσ ἄξιοι συγγίγνεσθαι, φυόμενοι οὐδὲν μᾶλλον ἐν εὐνομουμέναισ πόλεσιν ἢ καὶ μή, ὧν κατ’ ἴχνοσ ἀεὶ χρὴ τὸν ἐν ταῖσ εὐνομουμέναισ πόλεσιν οἰκοῦντα, ἐξιόντα κατὰ θάλατταν καὶ γῆν, ζητεῖν ὃσ ἂν ἀδιάφθαρτοσ ᾖ, τὰ μὲν βεβαιούμενον τῶν νομίμων, ὅσα καλῶσ αὐτοῖσ κεῖται, τὰ δ’ ἐπανορθούμενον, εἴ τι παραλείπεται. (Plato, Laws, book 12 68:1)

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

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