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ἀντιπαθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀντιπαθής ἀντιπαθές

Structure: ἀντιπαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pa/qos

Sense

  1. in return for suffering, felt mutually
  2. a remedy for suffering

Examples

  • "κινδυνεύει γάρ, ὦ ἑταῖρε, πρὸσ τὸν ἣλιον ἀντιπαθῆ φύσιν ἔχειν· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 2533)
  • καλὸν δὲ τὸ εὖ ποιεῖν μὴ ἵνα ἀντιπάθῃ, ὠφέλιμον δὲ τὸ εὐεργετεῖσθαι. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 144:1)
  • "βολβὸσ οὐ μικρότητι διαφεύγει τὸν κεραυνὸν, ἀλλ’ ἔχων δύναμιν ἀντιπαθῆ, καθάπερ ἡ συκῆ καὶ τὸ δέρμα τῆσ φώκησ ὥσ φασι καὶ τὸ τῆσ ὑαίνησ, οἷσ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν ἱστίων οἱ ναύκληροι, καταδιφθεροῦσι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. a remedy for suffering

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

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