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ἄφθιτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφθιτος ἄφθιτη ἄφθιτον

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

Etym.: fqi/nw

Sense

  1. not liable to perish, imperishable, immortal

Examples

  • ἐξ ἀφθίτων γὰρ ἄφθιτοι πεφυκότεσ τὸν Πηλέωσ φέρουσι θούριον γόνον· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 1:25)
  • οὐμιλίη δ’ ἔχ’ Ὄλυμπον ἀγάννιφον, ἀθάνατοι δὲ ἄφθιτοι ἠγερέθοντο μετὰ χρυσόθρονον Ηὦ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 35:6)
  • ἑβδομάτοισ δὲ σιγὴ πᾶσα μέμηλε, καὶ ἄφθιτοι ἔνδοθι μῦθοι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 15)
  • μάλα κ’ ἄφθιτοι ἄμπελοι εἰε͂ν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 9 9:9)

Synonyms

  1. not liable to perish

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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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