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ἀνώλεθρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνώλεθρος

Structure: ἀνωλεθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/leqros

Sense

  1. indestructible, having escaped ruin

Examples

  • "ἐν ᾧ χρόνῳ πολλὰ καλὰ καὶ μεγάλα καὶ θεῖα προσδοκῶσιν οἱ τὰσ ψυχὰσ ἀνωλέθρουσ εἶναι διανοούμενοι καὶ ἀφθάρτουσ, ἢ μακράσ τινασ χρόνων περιόδουσ νῦν μὲν ἐν γῇ νῦν δ’ ἐν οὐρανῷ περιπολούσασ, ἄχρι οὗ συνδιαλυθῶσι τῷ κόσμῳ, μεθ’ ἡλίου καὶ σελήνησ εἰσ πῦρ νοερὸν ἀναφθεῖσαι. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 313)

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

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