Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄφετος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφετος ἄφετη ἄφετον

Structure: ἀφετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)fi/hmi

Sense

  1. let loose, at large, ranging at will, were free from work, dedicated to a god, freedom from restraint

Examples

  • "Μύρων δὲ ὁ Πριηνεὺσ ἐν δευτέρῳ Μεσσηνιακῶν πολλάκισ, φησίν, ἠλευθέρωσαν Λακεδαιμόνιοι δούλουσ καὶ οὓσ μὲν ἀφέτασ ἐκάλεσαν, οὓσ δὲ ἀδεσπότουσ, οὓσ δὲ ἐρυκτῆρασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 101 1:12)
  • τὴν δ’ ἀκτὴν Ἀφέτασ Ἀργοῦσ ἔτι κικλήσκουσιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 11:6)
  • λήξαντοσ δὲ τοῦ πνεύματοσ ἀναχθεὶσ κατέπλευσεν εἰσ Ἀφέτασ τῆσ Μαγνησίασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 12 4:3)
  • ὁ μὲν δὴ ναυτικὸσ ὁ τῶν βαρβάρων στρατόσ, πάρεξ τῶν πεντεκαίδεκα νεῶν τῶν εἶπον Σανδώκεα στρατηγέειν, ἀπίκοντο ἐσ Ἀφέτασ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 196 2:1)
  • τότε δὲ οὗτοι οἱ καὶ ἐπ’ Ἀρτεμίσιον Ἑλλήνων ἀπικόμενοι ὡσ εἶδον νέασ τε πολλὰσ καταχθείσασ ἐσ τὰσ Ἀφέτασ καὶ στρατιῆσ ἅπαντα πλέα, ἐπεὶ αὐτοῖσι παρὰ δόξαν τὰ πρήγματα τῶν βαρβάρων ἀπέβαινε ἤ ὡσ αὐτοὶ κατεδόκεον, καταρρωδήσαντεσ δρησμὸν ἐβουλεύοντο ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀρτεμισίου ἔσω ἐσ τὴν Ἑλλάδα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 8, chapter 4 2:1)

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

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