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αἱρετός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἱρετός

Etym.: ai(re/w의 분사형

Sense

  1. that may be taken or conquered, that may be understood
  2. to be chosen, eligible
  3. chosen, elected

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἁπλῶσ ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἁπλῶσ ἡδὺ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ ἅμα, ἂν μή τι ἐμποδίζῃ, ὁ δ’ ἀληθινὸσ φίλοσ καὶ ἁπλῶσ ὁ πρῶτοσ ἐστίν, ἔστι δὲ τοιοῦτοσ ὁ δι’ αὑτὸν αὐτὸσ αἱρετόσ ἀνάγκη δ’ εἶναι τοιοῦτον· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 52:1)
  • ὁ γὰρ δικτάτωρ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθουσ οὐδὲ τῆσ βουλῆσ αἱρετόσ, ἀλλὰ τῶν ὑπάτων τισ ἢ τῶν στρατηγῶν προελθὼν εἰσ τὸν δῆμον ὃν αὐτῷ δοκεῖ λέγει δικτάτορα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο δικτάτωρ ὁ ῥηθεὶσ καλεῖται· (Plutarch, Marcellus, chapter 24 7:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ καθ’ αὑτὸν αἱρετὸσ ὁ φίλοσ καὶ ποιητικὸσ πολλῶν. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 6 12:2)
  • φυσικώτερον δ’ ἐπισκοποῦσιν ἐοίκεν ὁ σπουδαῖοσ φίλοσ τῷ σπουδαίῳ τῇ φύσει αἱρετὸσ εἶναι. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 115:2)
  • ἀμφισβητεῖται δὲ παρ’ αὐτῶν τῶν ὁμολογούντων τὸν μετ’ ἀρετῆσ εἶναι βίον αἱρετώτατον πότερον ὁ πολιτικὸσ καὶ πρακτικὸσ βίοσ αἱρετὸσ ἢ μᾶλλον ὁ πάντων τῶν ἐκτὸσ ἀπολελυμένοσ, οἱο͂ν θεωρητικόσ τισ, ὃν μόνον τινέσ φασιν εἶναι φιλόσοφον. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 28:1)

Synonyms

  1. that may be taken or conquered

  2. chosen

Related

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

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