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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

  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑπέρογκοσ ἀπολίτευτόσ ἐστιν, ἡ δ’ ἰσχνὴ λίαν ἀνέκπληκτοσ. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 9 17:1)
  • ἀφυὴσ γὰρ ὢν πρὸσ εἰρήνην καὶ ἀπολίτευτοσ, ηὐξημένοσ δὲ τοῖσ πολέμοισ, εἶτα κατὰ μικρὸν αὖθισ ὐπὸ ἀργίασ καὶ ἡσυχίασ ἀπὸ ἀπομαραίνεσθαι τὴν δύναμιν αὐτόν καὶ τὴν δόξαν οἰόμενοσ, ἐζήτει καινῶν πραγμάτων ἀρχάσ, ἤλπιζε γὰρ τοὺσ βασιλεῖσ συνταράξασ καὶ Μιθριδάτην ἐπίδοξον ὄντα πολεμήσειν ἀναστήσασ καὶ παροξύνασ, εὐθὺσ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἡγεμὼν αἱρεθήσεσθαι καὶ νέων μὲν τὴν πόλιν θριάμβων, σκύλων δὲ Ποντικῶν καὶ πλούτου βασιλικοῦ τὸν οἶκον ἐμπλήσειν. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 31 2:1)

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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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