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ἄναρχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄναρχος

Structure: ἀναρχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)rxh/

Sense

  1. without head or chief

Examples

  • "ἐγὼ δέ σοι πιστεύων," ἔφη, "Καληνοῦ τελευτήσαντοσ τά τε ἔθνη τὰ ὑπ’ αὐτῷ καὶ τὸν στρατόν, ἵνα μὴ ἄναρχοσ εἰή, διὰ τῶν ἐμαυτοῦ φίλων διῴκουν Ἀντωνίῳ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 6 5:2)
  • ταῦτά τε δή, ἔφην, ἔχοι ἂν καὶ τούτων ἄλλα ἀδελφὰ δημοκρατία, καὶ εἰή, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, ἡδεῖα πολιτεία καὶ ἄναρχοσ καὶ ποικίλη, ἰσότητά τινα ὁμοίωσ ἴσοισ τε καὶ ἀνίσοισ διανέμουσα. (Plato, Republic, book 8 314:1)

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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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