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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

  • καὶ οὐκ εἶπαν. ποῦ ἐστι Κύριοσ ὁ ἀναγαγὼν ἡμᾶσ ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου, ὁ καθοδηγήσασ ἡμᾶσ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐν γῇ ἀπείρῳ καὶ ἀβάτῳ, ἐν γῇ ἀνύδρῳ καὶ ἀκάρπῳ, ἐν γῇ, ᾗ οὐ διώδευσεν ἐν αὐτῇ ἀνὴρ οὐθὲν καὶ οὐ κατῴκησεν ἐκεῖ υἱὸσ ἀνθρώπου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 2:5)
  • τοῦτο δέ, οὑτωσὶ μὲν ἁπλῶσ ἀκοῦσαι, πάνυ εὔλογον ἂν δόξειεν, καὶ μάλιστα ἰδιώτῃ καὶ ἀπείρῳ ἰατρικῆσ· (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 26:4)
  • ᾧ παρθένοι μὲν τρεῖσ ἔφυμεν ἐκ μιᾶσ, Χρυσόθεμισ Ἰφιγένειά τ’ Ἠλέκτρα τ’ ἐγώ, ἄρσην δ’ Ὀρέστησ, μητρὸσ ἀνοσιωτάτησ, ἣ πόσιν ἀπείρῳ περιβαλοῦσ’ ὑφάσματι ἔκτεινεν· (Euripides, episode 1:11)
  • "τῷ δ’ ἀπείρῳ μήτε ἀρχὴν ἔχοντι μήτε πέρασ οὐ προσήκει μέσον ἔχειν· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 113)
  • "τὸ γὰρ πᾶν οὐδὲ τούτῳ μέσην ἀπέλιπεν , ἀλλ’ ἀνέστιοσ καὶ ἀνίδρυτόσ ἐστιν ἐν ἀπείρῳ κενῷ φερόμενοσ πρὸσ οὐδὲν οἰκεῖον, ἢ ἄλλην τινὰ τοῦ μένειν εὑράμενοσ αἰτίαν ἕστηκεν, οὐ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ τόπου φύσιν. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 116)

Synonyms

  1. without trial or experience

  2. inexperienced

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