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ἀποτρόπαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀποτρόπαιος

Structure: ἀποτροπαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)potre/pw

Sense

  1. averting evil
  2. that ought to be averted, ill-omened

Examples

  • τοιόσδε μὲν τὴν μορφήν ἡ ψυχὴ δὲ καὶ ἡ γνώμη ‐ ἀλεξίκακε Ἡράκλεισ καὶ Ζεῦ ἀποτρόπαιε καὶ Διόσκουροι σωτῆρεσ, πολεμίοισ καὶ ἐχθροῖσ ἐντυχεῖν γένοιτο καὶ ^ συγγενέσθαι τοιούτῳ τινί. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 4:1)
  • Ἄπολλον ἀποτρόπαιε μὰ Δί’ ἐγὼ μὲν οὔ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode29)
  • Ἄπολλον ἀποτρόπαιε καὶ θεοὶ φίλοι, τί ποτ’ ἐστὶν ὅ τι πέπονθεν ἅνθρωποσ κακόν; (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:4)
  • Ἄπολλον ἀποτρόπαιε τοῦ μαντεύματοσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 4:30)
  • Ἄπολλον ἀποτρόπαιε τοῦ χασμήματοσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Prologue 2:20)

Synonyms

  1. averting evil

  2. that ought to be averted

Related

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

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