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ἀδύνατος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδύνατος ἀδύνατος ἀδύνατον

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

Sense

  1. (of persons) unable
  2. (absolute) without strength, powerless, weak

Examples

  • ἀγρὸν πρὸ ὥρασ οὐκ αὐτῶν ὄντα ἐθέρισαν. ἀδύνατοι ἀμπελῶνασ ἀσεβῶν ἀμισθὶ καὶ ἀσιτὶ εἰργάσαντο. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 24:6)
  • ἀδύνατοι δὲ χρείαν, ἥν ποτε εἶχον, οὐκ ἀπέτυχον, χήρασ δὲ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν οὐκ ἐξέτηξα. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 31:16)
  • ἀδύνατοι δὲ εἰ μὴ εὐλόγησάν με, ἀπὸ δὲ κουρᾶσ ἀμνῶν μου ἐθερμάνθησαν οἱ ὦμοι αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 31:20)
  • κρίσιν τε οὐ μὴ διακρίνωσιν αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ μὴ ρύσωνται ἀδικούμενον ἀδύνατοι ὄντεσ. ὥσπερ γὰρ κορῶναι ἀναμέσον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:54)
  • φίλων δὲ τοὺσ μὲν οὐ σαφεῖσ ὁρῶ φίλουσ, οἳ δ’ ὄντεσ ὀρθῶσ ἀδύνατοι προσωφελεῖν. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 2:8)
  • μικροψυχία δ’ ἐστὶ κακία ψυχῆσ, καθ’ ἣν ἀδύνατοί εἰσι φέρειν εὐτυχίαν καὶ ἀτυχίαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ ἀτιμίαν. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 13:3)

Synonyms

  1. unable

  2. without strength

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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