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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

  • Ἐν μὲν ἔσαν Κύκλωπεσ ἐπ’ ἀφθίτῳ ἥμενοι ἔργῳ, Ζηνὶ κεραυνὸν ἄνακτι πονεύμενοι· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 13:23)
  • καὶ πεῖσαι τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ὡσ ἔστι δαίμων ἀφθίτῳ θάλλων βίῳ, ὃσ ταῦτ’ ἀκούει καὶ βλέπει φρονεῖ τ’ ἄγαν. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 1, 6:1)

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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