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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

  • ‐ Ἐν τοῖσ ἀπροαιρέτοισ. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 1:6)
  • οὐδὲ τὸ ἀκρατεῖσ καὶ μοιχοὺσ καὶ φθορεῖσ ἀπεργαζόμενον οὐδ’ ὅσ’ ἄλλα πλημμελοῦσιν ἄνθρωποι κατ’ ἀλλήλων δι’ ἓν καὶ μόνον τοῦτο δόγμα, τὸ ἐν τοῖσ ἀπροαιρέτοισ τίθεσθαι αὑτοὺσ καὶ τὰ ἑαυτῶν. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 28:2)
  • ἐπιλέγω τοῖσ ἀπροαιρέτοισ, ὅτι οὐδὲν πρὸσ ἐμέ; (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 15:5)

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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