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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

  • ὁ γὰρ προέχων αὐτίκα ἐπιβουλεύεται καὶ ἀφύλακτοσ ἐν μέσῳ ληφθεὶσ τῶν δυσμενῶν ἀνηρπάσθη, οἱ δὲ ἀγαπῶνται καὶ φίλοι δοκοῦσιν ἐξ ὧν ἄλλουσ βλάπτειν ἔδοξαν. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 12:6)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ ἐνταῦθα ἤδη ὑμᾶσ, ὦ Δελφοί, ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ δέουσ νῦν τῷ λογισμῷ γενομένουσ ἀξιῶ περὶ τῶν τότε πρακτέων μοι συμβουλεῦσαι, ὅτε ἀφύλακτοσ ὀλίγου δεῖν ληφθεὶσ ἐζήτουν τινὰ σωτηρίαν περὶ τῶν παρόντων. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 5:1)
  • εἰσὶ γάρ, εἰσὶν οἱ πάντ’ ἐξαγγέλλοντεσ ἐκείνῳ παρ’ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν πλείουσ τοῦ δέοντοσ ἡσυχίαν ἔχῃ, ἢ παριδὼν ταῦτ’ ἀφύλακτοσ ληφθῇ, μηδενὸσ ὄντοσ ἐμποδὼν πλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκείνου χώραν ὑμῖν, ἂν ἐνδῷ καιρόν. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 22:1)
  • πεισθέντοσ δὲ τοῦ Λίβυοσ, ὤκνει μὲν ὁ Λέανδροσ, αἰδεσθεὶσ δὲ τὴν Ἀρεταφίλαν αὐτὴν παρέσεσθαι φάσκουσαν, ἐξῆλθεν ἄνοπλοσ καὶ ἀφύλακτοσ. (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 9:2)
  • πεισθέντοσ δὲ τοῦ Λίβυοσ, ὤκνει μὲν ὁ Λέανδροσ, αἰδεσθεὶσ δὲ τὴν Ἀρεταφίλαν αὐτὴν παρέσεσθαι φάσκουσαν, ἐξῆλθεν ἀόπλοσ καὶ ἀφύλακτοσ; (Plutarch, Mulierum virtutes, 27:1)

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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