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ἄκοσμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκοσμος ἄκοσμον

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

Sense

  1. without order, disorderly, disorderly
  2. is no world, inappropriate

Examples

  • ἐν Κορίνθῳ γάρ, ἐπειδὴ ὕστερον ἦλθε τῆσ πρὸσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ μάχησ καὶ τῆσ εἰσ Κορώνειαν στρατείασ, ἐμάχετο τῷ ταξιάρχῳ Λάχητι καὶ ἔτυπτεν αὐτόν, καὶ πανστρατιᾷ τῶν πολιτῶν ἐξελθόντων, δόξασ ἀκοσμότατοσ εἶναι καὶ πονηρότατοσ, μόνοσ Ἀθηναίων ὑπὸ τῶν στρατηγῶν ἐξεκηρύχθη. (Lysias, Speeches, 54:2)

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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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