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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

  • τοῖσ δὲ πλείστοισ ἐδόκει πρόσχημα ποιεῖσθαι τὸν θεόν, ἄλλωσ δὲ τοὺσ ἐφόρουσ δεδοικὼσ καὶ τὸν οἴκοι ζυγὸν οὐ φέρων οὐδ’ ὑπομένων ἄρχεσθαι πλάνησ ὀρέγεσθαι καὶ περιφοιτήσεωσ τινόσ, ὥσπερ ἵπποσ ἐκ νομῆσ ἀφέτου καὶ λειμῶνοσ αὖθισ ἥκων ἐπὶ φάτνην καὶ πρὸσ τὸ σύνηθεσ ἔργον αὖθισ ἀγόμενοσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 20 6:1)

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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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