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ἀπροαίρετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπροαίρετος

Structure: ἀπροαιρετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. without set purpose, not deliberate

Examples

  • τῶν δὲ ἑκουσίων τὰ μὲν προελόμενοι πράττομεν τὰ δ’ οὐ προελόμενοι, προελόμενοι μὲν ὅσα προβουλευσάμενοι, ἀπροαίρετα δὲ ὅσ’ ἀπροβούλευτα. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 109:1)
  • " "τὰ ἀπροαίρετα. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 3:7)
  • " " 3ἀπροαίρετα οὐδὲν πρὸσ ἐμέ. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 3:9)
  • τί παράδοξον ἀξιοῦσιν οἱ φιλόσοφοι, εἰ λέγουσιν "ὅπου μὲν τὰ ἀπροαίρετα, ἐκεῖ τὸ θάρσοσ ἔστω σοι, ὅπου δὲ τὰ προαιρετικά, ἐκεῖ ἡ εὐλάβεια" 3; (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 5:1)
  • εἰ δὲ τὰ ἀπροαίρετα καὶ μὴ ἐφ’ ἡμῖν οὐδὲν πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ, πρὸσ ταῦτα τῷ θάρσει χρηστέον. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. without set purpose

Related

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

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