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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

  • τὸ γὰρ ἀνωφελὲσ τοῦ λέγειν ὁρῶμεν· (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 7:4)
  • κατηγορεῖται δ’ Ἀρετὴ μὲν ὡσ καλὸν μὲν ἀνωφελὲσ δέ, Τύχη δ’ ὡσ ἀβέβαιον μὲν ἀγαθὸν δέ· (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 13)
  • κατηγορεῖται δ’ Ἀρετὴ μὲν ὡσ καλὸν μὲν ἀνωφελὲσ δέ, Τύχη δ’ ὡσ ἀβέβαιον μὲν ἀγαθὸν δέ· (Plutarch, De fortuna Romanorum, section 1 3:2)
  • καὶ τὸ ψεῦδοσ αἰτίαν ἔχει πλεονεξίαν, οὐκ ἀνάγκην οὐδ’ ἀπορίαν, ἀλλ’ ἀπληστίαν, ἧσ ἀναπόλαυστόν ἐστιν αὐτοῖσ τὸ τέλοσ καὶ ἀνωφελὲσ ὀλέθριον δὲ τοῖσ ἀδικουμένοισ. (Plutarch, De vitando aere alieno, chapter, section 5 6:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀνωφελὲσ, ἀλλὰ μέγα ζῆλον ἐμποιοῦν ἅμα καὶ φιλοτιμίαν τινὰ τοῖσ οὕτω κολαζομένοισ. (Plutarch, De Se Ipsum Citra Invidiam Laudando, section 20 2:2)

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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