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ἀμαθής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμαθής ἀμαθές

Structure: ἀμαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: manqa/nw

Sense

  1. unlearned, ignorant, stupid, boorish, stupid, with too little learning, through ignorance
  2. without knowledge of
  3. not heard of, unknown, an unforeseen course

Examples

  • οὔτε γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῖσ κακούργοισ οἱ ἀγαθοὶ ἀγάλλονται οὔτ’ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἀμαθέσιν οἱ κακοῦργοι αἰσχύνονται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 32 1:10)
  • τοῦτο μὲν τοίνυν οὕτω κείσθω δεδογμένον καὶ λεγόμενον, ὡσ τοῖσ ταῦτ’ ἀμαθαίνουσι τῶν πολιτῶν οὐδὲν ἐπιτρεπτέον ἀρχῆσ ἐχόμενον καὶ ὡσ ἀμαθέσιν ὀνειδιστέον, ἂν καὶ πάνυ λογιστικοί τε ὦσι καὶ πάντα τὰ κομψὰ καὶ ὅσα πρὸσ τάχοσ τῆσ ψυχῆσ πεφυκότα διαπεπονημένοι ἅπαντα, τοὺσ δὲ τοὐναντίον ἔχοντασ τούτων ὡσ σοφούσ τε προσρητέον, ἂν καὶ τὸ λεγόμενον μήτε γράμματα μήτε νεῖν ἐπίστωνται, καὶ τὰσ ἀρχὰσ δοτέον ὡσ ἔμφροσιν. (Plato, Laws, book 3 80:2)

Synonyms

  1. without knowledge of

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

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