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ἀκάθαρτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκάθαρτος ἀκάθαρτος ἀκάθαρτον

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

Etym.: kaqai/rw

Sense

  1. foul, unclean.
  2. Not fit for cleansing

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ τέταρτον γένοσ ἔνυδρον γέγονεν ἐκ τῶν μάλιστα ἀνοητοτάτων καὶ ἀμαθεστάτων, οὓσ οὐδ’ ἀναπνοῆσ καθαρᾶσ ἔτι ἠξίωσαν οἱ μεταπλάττοντεσ, ὡσ τὴν ψυχὴν ὑπὸ πλημμελείασ πάσησ ἀκαθάρτωσ ἐχόντων, ἀλλ’ ἀντὶ λεπτῆσ καὶ καθαρᾶσ ἀναπνοῆσ ἀέροσ εἰσ ὕδατοσ θολερὰν καὶ βαθεῖαν ἐώσαν ἀνάπνευσιν· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 490:3)

Synonyms

  1. Not fit for cleansing

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