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ἄπειρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπειρος ἄπειρος ἄπειρον

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

Etym.: pei=ra

Sense

  1. without trial or experience, not used to, ignorant of, unacquainted with
  2. (absolute) inexperienced, ignorant

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ τοῦτό γε μακρῷ χεῖρόν ἐστιν, εἴγε τοὺσ μὲν κἂν ὁ θάνατοσ εἰσ ἐλευθερίαν ἀφείλετο, ὑμῖν δὲ εἰσ ἄπειρον ἐκπίπτει τὸ πρᾶγμα καὶ ἀΐδιοσ ἡ δουλεία γίνεται ὑπὸ μακρῷ τῷ λίνῳ στρεφομένη. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 7:11)
  • ἀλλ’, ὦ Κυνίσκε, τὸ ἀΐδιον τοῦτο καὶ ἄπειρον εὔδαιμον ἡμῖν ἐστι καὶ ἐν ἅπασιν ἀγαθοῖσ ἡμεῖσ βιοῦμεν. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 8:1)
  • μία μὲν οὖν οὐκ ἔστι φιλοσοφία, ἐπειδὴ ὁρῶ καὶ ἄπειρον οὖσαν πολλαὶ δὲ οὐ δύνανται εἶναι, ἐπειδήπερ ἡ σοφία ^ μία. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 28:2)
  • ὁρᾷσ τὸν ὑψοῦ τόνδ’ ἄπειρον αἰθέρα, καὶ γῆν πέριξ ἔχονθ’ ὑγραῖσ ἐν ἀγκάλαισ; (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 3 4:4)
  • καὶ παρανόμωσ ὁδόσ ἐστιν, εἰσ ἔρεβόσ τι καὶ βάραθρον ὠθοῦσα τὰσ ψυχὰσ ἔνθεν τὸν ἄπειρον ἐρεύγονται σκότον βληχροὶ δνοφερᾶσ νυκτὸσ ποταμοί δεχόμενοι καὶ ἀποκρύπτοντεσ ἀγνοίᾳ καὶ λήθῃ τοὺσ κολαζομένουσ. (Plutarch, An Recte Dictum Sit Latenter Esse Vivendum, section 7 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. without trial or experience

  2. inexperienced

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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