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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

  • κἀκείνουσ πλὴν ὅσον οὐ δαίμονασ, ἀλλὰ δαιμονίουσ καλῶν, θαρρούντωσ ἂν ἔχοισ λέγειν, ὑποχθονίουσ τινὰσ φύλακασ καὶ σωτῆρασ τῶν Ἑλλήνων, ἀλεξικάκουσ καὶ πάντα ἀγαθοὺσ, καὶ ῥύεσθαί γε τὴν χώραν οὐ χεῖρον ἢ τὸν ἐν Κολωνῷ κείμενον Οἰδίπουν, ἢ εἴ τισ ἄλλοθί που τῆσ χώρασ ἐν καιρῷ τοῖσ ζῶσι κεῖσθαι πεπίστευται. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 56:10)

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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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