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

  • Τὸ δ’ ἠθικὸν μέροσ τῆσ φιλοσοφίασ διαιροῦσιν εἴσ τε τὸν περὶ ὁρμῆσ καὶ εἰσ τὸν περὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ κακῶν τόπον καὶ εἰσ τὸν περὶ παθῶν καὶ περὶ ἀρετῆσ καὶ περὶ τέλουσ περί τε τῆσ πρώτησ ἀξίασ καὶ τῶν πράξεων καὶ περὶ τῶν καθηκόντων προτροπῶν τε καὶ ἀποτροπῶν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 84:1)

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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