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ἀνάξιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνάξιος ἀνάξιη ἀνάξιον

Structure: ἀναξι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. unworthy, not deemed or held worthy of, too good for, undeserving
  2. unworthy, worthless
  3. undeserving of evil
  4. undeserved

Examples

  • ἀβοατὶ γὰρ ἡρώων ἀώτοι περιναιεταόντων ἤθελον κείνου γε πείθεσθ’ ἀναξίαισ ἑκόντεσ, οἵ τε κρανααῖσ ἐν Ἀθάναισιν ἁρ́μοζον στρατόν, οἵ τ’ ἀνὰ Σπάρταν Πελοπηϊάδαι. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 8 3:4)
  • τῷ γὰρ λυπεῖσθαι ἐπὶ ταῖσ ἀναξίαισ κακοπραγίαισ ἀντικείμενόν ἐστι τρόπον τινὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἤθουσ τὸ λυπεῖσθαι ἐπὶ ταῖσ ἀναξίαισ εὐπραγίαισ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 9 1:2)

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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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