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ἀλυσιτελής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλυσιτελής ἀλυσιτελές

Structure: ἀλυσιτελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. unprofitable

Examples

  • τῶν δ’ ἀνὰ μέσον λεγομένων παρὰ τοῖσ Στωικοῖσ μήτε κακῶν ὄντων μήτ’ ἀγαθῶν, τὰ κακὰ προτερεῖν λέγων οὐδὲν ἄλλο λέγει πλὴν τῶν μὴ κακῶν τὰ κακὰ προτερεῖν καὶ τὸ κακοδαιμονεῖν λυσιτελέστερον εἶναι τοῦ μὴ κακοδαιμονεῖν καὶ τοῦ κακοδαιμονεῖν ἀλυσιτελέστερον ἡγεῖται τὸ μὴ κακοδαιμονεῖν· (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 18 3:1)
  • οὐδὲν οὖν ἀλυσιτελέστερόν ἐστι φιλοδοξίασ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. b'. QEOFRASTOS 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. unprofitable

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

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