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ἀλεξίκακος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλεξίκακος

Structure: ἀλεξικακ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. keeping off evil or mischief

Examples

  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐκμεμαθηκότεσ τὰ τῶν Ἰδαίων ὀνόματα δακτύλων χρῶνται πρὸσ τοὺσ φόβουσ αὐτοῖσ ὡσ ἀλεξικάκοισ, ἀτρέμα καταλέγοντεσ ἕκαστον· (Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus, chapter, section 15 9:3)

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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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