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ἀπολίτευτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπολίτευτος

Structure: ἀπολιτευτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: politeu/w

Sense

  1. taking no part in public matters, living as a private person

Examples

  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐν τοῖσ ψυχροῖσ τόποισ ἔθνη καὶ τὰ περὶ τὴν Εὐρώπην θυμοῦ μέν ἐστι πλήρη, διανοίασ δὲ ἐνδεέστερα καὶ τέχνησ, διόπερ ἐλεύθερα μὲν διατελεῖ μᾶλλον, ἀπολίτευτα δὲ καὶ τῶν πλησίον ἄρχειν οὐ δυνάμενα· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 107:2)
  • ἀλλ’ εὐτυχεῖτε καὶ ζῆτε βίον, ὃν ἂν προαιρῆσθε, οὕτωσ ἀπολίτευτα καὶ ἀκοινώνητα πρὸσ τοὺσ ταπεινοτέρουσ φρονοῦντεσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 80 6:1)

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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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