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αἰώνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰώνιος αἰώνιᾱ αἰώνιον

Structure: αἰωνι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Long lasting
  2. For an age
  3. For life (of an office or title)

Examples

  • φωτίζεισ σὺ θαυμαστῶσ ἀπὸ ὀρέων αἰωνίων. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 75:5)
  • καὶ ἐμνήσθη ἡμερῶν αἰωνίων ὁ ἀναβιβάσασ ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ τὸν ποιμένα τῶν προβάτων. ποῦ ἔστιν ὁ θεὶσ ἐν αὐτοῖσ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον̣ (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 63:11)
  • εἴπερ οὖν ἥδιστόν ἐστιν ἀπαλλαγὴ προσδοκίασ κακῶν ἀπείρων, πῶσ οὐκ ἀνιαρὸν αἰωνίων ἀγαθῶν ἐλπίδοσ στερεῖσθαι καὶ τὴν ἀκροτάτην εὐδαιμονίαν ἀποβαλεῖν; (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 303)
  • ὁ γοῦν κόσμοσ ἀεὶ τὸν αὐτὸν νόμον ἀκίνητον φυλάττει καὶ τῶν αἰωνίων οὐδὲν ἂν παραβαίη τοῦτον. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. Long lasting

  2. For an age

  3. For life

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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