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ἀνεύθυνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνεύθυνος ἀνεύθυνη ἀνεύθυνον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + νευθυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: eu)/qunai

Sense

  1. not having to render an account, irresponsible
  2. guiltless, not liable to trial, guiltless

Examples

  • καίτοι παλαιὸσ οὗτοσ ὁ λόγοσ, ἀνευθύνουσ εἶναι ποιητὰσ καὶ γραφέασ, τοὺσ δὲ ἐπαινοῦντασ καὶ μᾶλλον, οἶμαι, εἰ καὶ χαμαὶ καὶ βάδην, ὥσπερ ἡμεῖσ, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐπὶ μέτρων φέροιντο. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 18:5)
  • ὥστε οὐ πρόσ γε σοῦ τὸ τοιοῦτον, ψοφοδεῶσ διακεῖσθαι πρὸσ τὸν ἔπαινον εἰ γάρ τι ἐν τῷ συγγράμματι πεπλημμέληται εἰσ τὸ θεῖον, σὺ μὲν ἀνεύθυνοσ αὐτοῦ, ἐκτὸσ εἰ μή τινα νομίζεισ ἀκροάσεωσ εὔθυναν εἶναι, ἐμὲ δὲ ἀμυνοῦνται οἱ θεοί, ἐπειδὰν πρὸ ἐμοῦ τὸν Ὅμηρον καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ ποιητὰσ ἀμύνωνται. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 28:1)
  • τοῦτ’ οὖν παρ’ ὅλον μέμνησό μοι τὸν λόγον, ὡσ ὁ μὲν ποιητὴσ ἡμῖν τῶν τοιούτων ἁμαρτημάτων ἀνεύθυνοσ καὶ τῆσ σκηνῆσ πόρρω ποι κάθηται, οὐδὲν αὐτῷ μέλον τῶν ἐν θεάτρῳ πραγμάτων. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 9:1)
  • διόπερ βέλτιον αὐτοὺσ μὴ ἀνευθύνουσ εἶναι· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 2 236:1)
  • δικτάτορα ἕλεσθε κατὰ τάχοσ, ὃσ ἀνευθύνῳ χρώμενοσ ἐξουσίᾳ καὶ βουλὴν καὶ δῆμον ἀναγκάσει τὰ κράτιστα τῷ κοινῷ φρονεῖν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 38 4:3)
  • καὶ οὐδὲν ἄγριον δράσασ ἀμετανόητοσ καὶ ἀνεύθυνοσ διαγενήσῃ. (Epictetus, Works, book 0 24:3)
  • πολὺσ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοσ ἦν τῶν στασιωτῶν φόνοσ ἐσ ἀλλήλουσ ἀνεύθυνοσ καὶ ἐξελάσεισ ἑτέρων καὶ δημεύσεισ περιουσίασ καὶ ἀρχῆσ ἀφαιρέσεισ καὶ ἀνατροπαὶ τῶν ἐπὶ Σύλλα τεθέντων νόμων. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 8 10:7)

Synonyms

  1. not having to render an account

Related

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

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