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ἀφύλακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφύλακτος ἀφύλακτη ἀφύλακτον

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

Etym.: fula/ssw

Sense

  1. unguarded, unwatched
  2. unguarded, off one's guard, securely, off his guard, want of precaution
  3. not to be guarded against, inevitable

Examples

  • Ἀπελλικῶν δὲ μετὰ δυνάμεωσ ἐξορμήσασ εἰσ Δῆλον καὶ πανηγυρικῶσ μᾶλλον ἢ στρατιωτικῶσ ἀναστρεφόμενοσ, καὶ προφυλακὴν ἀμελεστέραν πρὸσ τὴν Δῆλον μερίσασ, μάλιστα δὲ τὰ ἐξόπισθε τῆσ νήσου ἐάσασ ἀφύλακτα καὶ οὐδὲ χάρακα βαλόμενοσ ἐκοιμᾶτο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 53 1:4)
  • ἀφύλακτα γὰρ διὰ τὸ ὅλωσ μηδένα ἂν οἰέσθαι. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 12 5:2)
  • ἀφύλακτα γὰρ καὶ ταῦτα· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 12 6:2)
  • ἄρτι μὲν ἁρμοσθέντα μένει χρόνον εἰ δ’ ἀφύλακτα μίμνετον ἀλλήλων, ᾤχετ’ ἀποπτάμενα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 224 1:1)
  • σοὶ γὰρ αὐτῷ ἡγουμένῳ καὶ στρατιὰν τοιαύτην ἄγοντι ἐκ μὲν πολεμίων δέοσ οὐδέν, τὰ δὲ ἐκ τοῦ δαιμονίου ἀδόκητά τε καὶ ταύτῃ καὶ ἀφύλακτα τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ ἐστί. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 5, chapter 27 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. unguarded

  2. unguarded

  3. not to be guarded against

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

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