Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνετέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνετέος ἀνετέα ἀνετέον

Structure: ἀνετε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)ni/hmi의 분사형

Sense

  1. one must dismiss

Examples

  • οὕτωσ, ἐπεὶ τὸ πράττειν καὶ λέγειν μᾶλλον ἀνθρώποισ ἢ κύκνοισ τὸ ᾄδειν ἄχρι τελευτῆσ κατὰ φύσιν ἔστιν, οὐκ ἀφετέον τὴν πρᾶξιν ὥσπερ τινὰ λύραν σύντονον ἀλλ’ ἀνετέον ἐπὶ τὰ κοῦφα καὶ μέτρια καὶ προσῳδὰ πρεσβύταισ πολιτεύματα μεθαρμοττομένουσ. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 18 3:1)
  • ἐπειδὴ δὲ οὐδαμῇ ταύτῃ ἥνυτον, ἔδοξέ μοι ἐπιθετέον εἶναι τῷ ἀνδρὶ κατὰ τὸ καρτερὸν καὶ οὐκ ἀνετέον, ἐπειδήπερ ἐνεκεχειρήκη, ἀλλὰ ἰστέον ἤδη τί ἐστι τὸ πρᾶγμα. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 487:3)
  • περὶ δὲ τοῦ σοφιστοῦ που δῆλον ὡσ οὐκ ἀνετέον πρὶν ἂν ἱκανῶσ αὐτὸν θεασώμεθα. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 229:3)
  • ἀλλὰ μὴν τοῦτό γε οὐκ ἀνετέον. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 207:3)
  • κἂν ἐπ’ ἀληθείασ ἐθέλωσι σκοπεῖν, εἴσονται σφίσιν αὐτοῖσ οὐκ ἐνὸν ἄλλωσ εἰπεῖν οὐδ’ ἑτέραν ψῆφον ἐνεγκεῖν ἢ ὡσ οὐκ ἐατέον ἐστὶν ὑμῖν αὐτοὺσ οὐδ’ ἀνετέον. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:14)

Synonyms

  1. one must dismiss

Similar forms

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

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