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ἀπόθετος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπόθετος ἀπόθετη ἀπόθετον

Structure: ἀποθετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)poti/qhmi

Sense

  1. laid by, stored up
  2. hidden, secret, mysterious
  3. reserved for occasions, special

Examples

  • εἰσὶ δ’ οἳ καὶ πολλοὺσ ἀποθέτουσ ἔχουσιν, οἱ πλούσιοι. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 25:7)
  • ἄλλων δὲ δημάρχων οὐκ ἐώντων, ὁ μὲν ὑπηρέτησ ἀφῆκε τὸν Κράσσον, ὁ δ’ Ἀτήιοσ προδραμὼν ἐπὶ τὴν πύλην ἔθηκεν ἐσχαρίδα καιομένην, καὶ τοῦ Κράσσου γενομένου κατ’ αὐτήν ἐπιθυμιῶν καὶ κατασπένδων ἀρὰσ ἐπηρᾶτο δεινὰσ μὲν αὐτὰσ καὶ φρικώδεισ, δεινοὺσ δέ τινασ θεοὺσ καὶ ἀλλοκότουσ ἐπ’ αὐταῖσ καλῶν καὶ ὀνομάζων ταύτασ φασὶ Ῥωμαῖοι τὰσ ἀρὰσ ἀποθέτουσ καὶ παλαιὰσ τοιαύτην ἔχειν δύναμιν ὡσ περιφυγεῖν μηδένα τῶν ἐνσχεθέντων αὐταῖσ, κακῶσ δὲ πράσσειν καὶ τὸν χρησάμενον, ὅθεν οὐκ ἐπὶ τοῖσ τυχοῦσιν αὐτὰσ οὐδ’ ὑπὸ πολλῶν ἀρᾶσθαι. (Plutarch, chapter 16 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. hidden

Related

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

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