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ἀπρόοπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπρόοπτος ἀπρόοπτη ἀπρόοπτον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + προοπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: proo/yomai, fut. of proora/w

Sense

  1. unforeseen

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ οὖν μέμνησθ’ ἁγὼ προλέγω μηδὲ πρὸσ ἄτησ θηραθεῖσαι μέμψησθε τύχην, μηδέ ποτ’ εἴπηθ’ ὡσ Ζεὺσ ὑμᾶσ εἰσ ἀπρόοπτον πῆμ’ εἰσέβαλεν· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests1)

Synonyms

  1. unforeseen

Similar forms

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

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