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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

  • "τὴν ἐν ἡμῖν ἀκούσιον αἰτίαν καὶ ἀπροαίρετον ἡ δ’ ἐν θεοῖσ ἀνάγκη δύστλητοσ οὔκ ἐστ’ οἶμαι δ’ οὐδὲ δυσπειθὴσ οὐδὲ βιαία, πλὴν τοῖσ κακοῖσ, ὥσ ἐστι νόμοσ ἐν πόλει τοῖσ βελτίστοισ τὸ βέλτιστον αὐτῆσ, ἀπαράτρεπτον καὶ ἀπαράβατον οὐ τῷ μὲν ἀδυνάτῳ τῷ δ’ ἀβουλήτῳ τῆσ μεταβολῆσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 11:1)
  • πᾶν τὸ γινόμενον ἴδω ὅτι, ἂν ἀπροαίρετον ᾖ, οὐδέν ἐστι πρὸσ ἐμέ. (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 24:3)
  • καίτοι ἐκεῖνα μὲν παρ’ ἔξωθέν τινα καὶ ἀπροαίρετον αἰτίαν ἀπόλλυται, ταῦτα δὲ παρ’ ἡμᾶσ· (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 16:1)
  • ἀπροαίρετον οὐδέν, αὐτὴ δ’ ἑαυτὴν διαστραφεῖσα. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 19:4)
  • ἀπροαίρετον ἢ προαιρετικόν; (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 14:5)

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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