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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

  • ἐξέκλιναν ἀδυνάτουσ ἐξ ὁδοῦ δικαίασ, ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἐκρύβησαν πρᾳεῖσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 24:4)
  • θυμῷ δὲ κατέστρεψεν ἀδυνάτουσ. ἀναστὰσ τοιγαροῦν οὐ μὴ πιστεύσῃ κατὰ τῆσ ἑαυτοῦ ζωῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 24:22)
  • ἃ γὰρ ἂν δυνάμενοι εἰσ ἀδυνάτουσ πονήσωσι, πάλιν κομίζονται παρὰ δυναμένων ἀδυνατοῦντεσ ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 16:1)
  • τοὺσ ἀδυνάτουσ ἀποτρέπειν, μηδὲ τοὺσ νέουσ παρακαλεῖν ἀλλὰ τοὺσ δυναμένουσ. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 15 1:1)
  • πολλοὺσ γοῦν πολυφίλουσ καὶ πολυτιμήτουσ ὄντασ ἓν παιδίον γενόμενον ἀφίλουσ καὶ ἀδυνάτουσ ἐποίησεν. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 4 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. unable

  2. without strength

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