Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπότροπος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπότροπος

Structure: ἀποτροπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)potre/pw

Sense

  1. turned away, banished
  2. from which one turns away, direful, grim
  3. turning away, averting

Examples

  • ἀποτρόπαἰ οὐ δῆτ’ ἐμοῦ γ’ ἄρξει ποτ’, ἀλλ’ ἐάν με χρῇ, ὑπὸ τερηδόνων σαπεῖσ’ ἐνταῦθα καταγηράσομαι· (Aristotle, Parabasis, antepirrheme5)
  • περὶ γὰρ ταύτησ καὶ τῶν εἰσ ταύτην συντεινόντων καὶ τῶν ἐναντίων ταύτῃ αἵ τε προτροπαὶ καὶ αἱ ἀποτροπαὶ πᾶσαί εἰσιν· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 5 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. turned away

  2. turning away

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

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