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ἀκήρυκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκήρυκτος ἀκήρυκτη ἀκήρυκτον

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

Etym.: khru/ssw

Sense

  1. unannounced, unproclaimed, sudden, in which no herald was admitted, implacable, without needing a flag of truce
  2. not proclaimed by heralds, inglorious
  3. with no tidings, not heard of

Examples

  • εἰ δ’ ἔσονται τῶν πολέμων αἱ μὲν εὔθυναι τῶν πρέσβεων, αἱ δὲ δωρεαὶ τῶν στρατηγῶν, ἀσπόνδουσ καὶ ἀκηρύκτουσ τοὺσ πολέμουσ ποιήσετε· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 803)

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

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