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ἀκούσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκούσιος ἀκούσια ἀκούσιον

Structure: ἀκουσι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Examples

  • τῆσ ἀρετῆσ δὴ περὶ πάθη τε καὶ πράξεισ οὔσησ, καὶ ἐπὶ μὲν τοῖσ ἑκουσίοισ ἐπαίνων καὶ ψόγων γινομένων, ἐπὶ δὲ τοῖσ ἀκουσίοισ συγγνώμησ, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ ἐλέου, τὸ ἑκούσιον καὶ τὸ ἀκούσιον ἀναγκαῖον ἴσωσ διορίσαι τοῖσ περὶ ἀρετῆσ ἐπισκοποῦσι, χρήσιμον δὲ καὶ τοῖσ νομοθετοῦσι πρόσ τε τὰσ τιμὰσ καὶ τὰσ κολάσεισ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, book 3 2:1)
  • τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ἓν τὸ διορθωτικόν, ὃ γίνεται ἐν τοῖσ συναλλάγμασι καὶ τοῖσ ἑκουσίοισ καὶ τοῖσ ἀκουσίοισ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 47:1)

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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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