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ἄφοβος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφοβος ἄφοβος ἄφοβον

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

Sense

  1. fearless
  2. causing no fear

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

  • αἱ γὰρ τῶν βαρβάρων λόγχαι ἀγχέμαχοι μὲν ἄφοβοι δὲ ἐσ τὸ ἐσακοντίζεσθαι ἦσαν. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 24 4:2)
  • οὗτοι γὰρ ἐκέκτηντο ἔνθεον μὲν τὴν ἀρετήν, ἀνθρώπινον δὲ τὸ θνητόν, πολλὰ μὲν δὴ τὸ παρὸν ἐπιεικὲσ τοῦ αὐθάδουσ δικαίου προκρίνοντεσ, πολλὰ δὲ νόμου ἀκριβείασ λόγων ὀρθότητα, τοῦτον νομίζοντεσ θειότατον καὶ κοινότατον νόμων τὸ δέον ἐν τῷ δέοντι καὶ λέγειν καὶ σιγᾶν καὶ ποιεῖν, καὶ δισσὰ ἀσκήσαντεσ μάλιστα ὧν δεῖ, γνώμην καὶ ῥώμην, τὴν μὲν βουλεύοντεσ τὴν δ’ ἀποτελοῦντεσ, θεράποντεσ μὲν τῶν ἀδίκωσ δυστυχούντων, κολασταὶ δὲ τῶν ἀδίκωσ εὐτυχούντων, αὐθάδεισ πρὸσ τὸ συμφέρον, εὐόργητοι πρὸσ τὸ πρέπον, τῷ φρονίμῳ τῆσ γνώμησ παύοντεσ τὸ ἄφρον, ὑβρισταὶ εἰσ τοὺσ ὑβρίζοντασ, κόσμιοι εἰσ τοὺσ κοσμίουσ, ἄφοβοι εἰσ τοὺσ ἀφόβουσ, δεινοὶ ἐν τοῖσ δεινοῖσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 16)
  • ὅσοι δ’ ἂν ὦσιν ἄφοβοι τῶν σφετέρων ἀρχόντων, οὗτοι τάχιστα ἂν φοβοῖντο τοὺσ πολεμίουσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 64:5)
  • ἐκεῖνοι μὲν ἄφοβοι, σὺ δὲ δειλόσ; (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 10:3)
  • ἄφοβοι γὰρ ἐγίγνοντο ὡσ εἰδότεσ, ἡ δὲ ἄδεια ἀναισχυντίαν ἐνέτεκεν· (Plato, Laws, book 3 150:3)

Synonyms

  1. fearless

  2. causing no fear

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