Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἱρετέος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἱρετέος αἱρετέα αἱρετέον

Structure: αἱρετε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai(re/w의 분사형,

Sense

  1. to be taken, desirable
  2. one must choose

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ ποιητέα καὶ αἱρετέα ἐστὶ καὶ ὑπομενητέα καὶ ἐμμενητέα καὶ ἀπονεμητέα, ὥστ’ εἰ τὰ μὲν αἱρετικῶσ ποιεῖ, τὰ δ’ ὑπομενητικῶσ, τὰ δ’ ἀπονεμητικῶσ, τὰ δ’ ἐμμενητικῶσ, φρόνιμόσ τ’ ἐστὶ καὶ ἀνδρεῖοσ καὶ δίκαιοσ καὶ σώφρων. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 126:2)

Synonyms

  1. one must choose

Related

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

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