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ἀνωφελής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνωφελής ἀνωφελές

Structure: ἀνωφελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: w)fele/w

Sense

  1. unprofitable, useless
  2. hurtful, prejudicial

Examples

  • αὐτόσ τε οὖν οὐδ’ ὁπωστιοῦν τῶν ἴσων ἀξιῶ τοὺσ ἀμείνουσ τοῖσ κακίοσι τυγχάνειν, τούσ τε ἐπιτρόπουσ, ὅταν μὲν εἰδῶ διαδεδωκότασ τοῖσ πλείστου ἀξίοισ τὰ κράτιστα, ἐπαινῶ, ἂν δὲ ἴδω ἢ κολακεύμασί τινα προτιμώμενον ἢ καὶ ἄλλῃ τινὶ ἀνωφελεῖ χάριτι, οὐκ ἀμελῶ, ἀλλ’ ἐπιπλήττω καὶ πειρῶμαι διδάσκειν, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, ὅτι οὐδ’ αὑτῷ σύμφορα ταῦτα ποιεῖ. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 13 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. unprofitable

  2. hurtful

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

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