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ἄφρακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφρακτος ἄφρακτη ἄφρακτον

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

Etym.: fra/ssw

Sense

  1. unfenced, unfortified, unguarded, by
  2. not to be kept in, irrepressible
  3. unguarded, off one's guard

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ καταφρονοῦντεσ κἂν προαισθέσθαι, καὶ ἔργῳ οὐδὲν σφᾶσ δεῖν λαμβάνειν, ἃ γνώμῃ ἔξεστιν, ἄφρακτοι μᾶλλον διεφθείροντο. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 33 2:7)
  • ἐξ ὀμμάτων δὲ δίψιοι πίπτουσί μοι σταγόνεσ ἄφρακτοι δυσχίμου πλημμυρίδοσ, πλόκαμον ἰδούσῃ τόνδε· (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 7:21)
  • τούτων δ’ ἦσαν τετρήρεισ μὲν ἐννενήκοντα πεντήρεισ δὲ δέκα, ἐννήρεισ δὲ τρεῖσ, δεκήρεισ δὲ δέκα, ἄφρακτοι δὲ τριάκοντα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 62 8:3)

Synonyms

  1. unguarded

Related

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

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